Deleatidium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptophlebioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Ephemeroptera
Subordo: Furcatergalia
Infraordo Lanceolata
Superfamilia: Leptophlebioidea

Familia: Leptophlebiidae
Genus:
Subgenera (2): D. (Deleatidium) – D. (Penniketellus)

Overview of species (16)

D. angustum – D. atricolor – D. autumnale – D. branchiola – D. cerinum – D. cornutum – D. fumosum – D. insolitum – D. kiwa – D. lillii – D. magnum – D. myzobranchia – D. patricki – D. townsi – D. vernale – D. wardorum

Name

  • Deleatidium Eaton, 1899
    • Authority for current status: original
      • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • Gender: neuter
    • Original spelling(s): Deleatidium
    • Original status: valid genus
    • Type species: Deleatidium lillii Eaton, 1899
      • Fixation: monotypy

Synonyms

  • Penniketellus Towns & Peters, 1979
    • Authority for synonymy: Towns & Peters, 1996: 46
      • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • Gender: masculine
    • Incorrect subsequent spelling: Penniketellum: Towns & Peters, 1996: 46
      • NOTE: this incorrect subsequent spelling was probably the result of the incorrect assumption that a subgeneric epithet needs to agree in gender with the generic epithet
    • Original spelling(s): Penniketellus
    • Original status: valid genus
    • Type species: Penniketellus insolitus Towns & Peters, 1979
      • Fixation: original designation [p. 449] [and monotypy]

References

  • Eaton, A.E. 1899: An annotated list of the Ephemeridae of New Zealand. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1899: 285–293, plate X. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
  • Hitchings, T. 2008: A new species of Deleatidium (Penniketellum) and the adult of D. (P.) cornutum Towns and Peters (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 22: 31-43. PDF
  • Hitchings, T. 2009: Three new species of Deleatidium (Deleatidium) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 23: 35-50.
  • Hitchings, T. 2010. Two new species of Deleatidium (Deleatidium) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from the South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 24: 27–38. Reference page. 
  • Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
  • Towns, D.R.; Peters, W.L. 1979: New genera and species of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 6(3): 439–452. PDF Google books BUGZ
  • Towns, D.R. & Peters, W.L. 1996. Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Fauna of New Zealand (36) Extract and PDF Reference page.