Ptinella atrata

Ptinella atrata (topotype), length about 0.9 mm (excluding abdomen)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Ptinellini
Genus: Ptinella
Species: Ptinella atrata

Name

Ptinella atrata Johnson, 1975
- Authority for placement: original
- Original genus: Ptinella Motschulsky, 1844
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
  - Fixation: designated
  - Description: [adult] female
  - Repository: NZAC, as 'Ent. Divn, DSIR, Auckland'
- Type locality: 'Antipodes Is - Mt. Galloway, 380 m'
  - Latitude and longitude: -49.684624, 178.778973
- NOTE: the original description is of both females and males

References

Johnson, C. 1975: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand 8. Coleoptera: Ptiliidae. New Zealand journal of zoology, 2 (1): 9–14. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1975.9517858
Johnson, C. 1982: An introduction to the Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 9: 333–376. Google books BUGZ
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Marris, J.W.M. 2000: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30 (2): 169–195. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616 PDF

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