Biology:Oregus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Oregus
Oregus crypticus AMNZ31208.jpg
Male holotype specimen of Oregus crypticus held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Broscinae
Tribe: Broscini
Subtribe: Nothobroscina
Genus: Oregus
Putzeys, 1868

Oregus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1] A 2003 taxonomic revision of the group using both morphological and DNA characters concluded that it contained four species, and identified new species from Marlborough (Oregus spetentionalis) and North Canterbury (Oregus crypticus).[2][3] The current species list is:[4]

  • Oregus aereus (White, 1846)
  • Oregus crypticus Pawson, Emberson, Armstrong & Paterson, 2003
  • Oregus inaequalis (Castelnau, 1867)
  • Oregus septentrionalis Pawson, Emberson, Armstrong & Paterson, 2003

References

  1. "Oregus Putzeys, 1868". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/7178a6a6-0876-4f70-a156-281193e17a74. 
  2. Pawson, Stephen M.; Emberson, Rowan M.; Armstrong, Karen F.; Paterson, Adrian M. (2003) (in en). Morphological and molecular analysis of the carabid genus Oregus, with identification of two new species. Department of Conservation. 
  3. Pawson, S. M.; Emberson, R. M.; Armstrong, K. F.; Paterson, A. M. (2003). "Phylogenetic revision of the endemic New Zealand carabid genus OregusPutzeys (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Broscini)" (in en). Invertebrate Systematics 17 (5): 625. doi:10.1071/IS02042. ISSN 1445-5226. http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS02042. 
  4. "Oregus Putzeys, 1868". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KY4S. 


Wikidata ☰ Q7101493 entry