Biology:Molopsida

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Molopsida
Molopsida polita male.jpg
Molopsida polita (male)
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Molopsida

White, 1846

Molopsida is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, endemic to New Zealand. This genus was first described by Adam White (zoologist) in 1846.[1] Molopsida includes the following six species:[2]

  • Molopsida antarctica (Castelnau, 1867)
  • Molopsida cordipennis (Broun, 1912)
  • Molopsida lindrothi Larochelle & Larivière, 2013
  • Molopsida polita White, 1846
  • Molopsida seriatoporus (Bates, 1874)
  • Molopsida strenua (Broun, 1894)

References

  1. White, Adam; Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1846). The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross - Insects. London: E. W. Janson. p. 6. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7364. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6962838#page/209/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 January 2017. 
  2. Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2013: Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Fauna of New Zealand, (69) extract and pdf

Wikidata ☰ Q6896809 entry