Mitua

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Lagriinae
Tribus: Adeliini
Genus:
Species: M. triangularis – M. tuberculicostata
Name
Mitua Hope, 1848
Synonyms
- Mitua Hope, 1848. Type species: Mitua bidwelli Hope, 1848 [=Opatrum tuberculicostatum White, 1846]
- Pseudopatrum Sharp, 1886. Type species: Pseudopatrum sordidum Sharp, 1886 [=Opatrum tuberculicostatum White, 1846]
- Note: Bouchard et al. (2021) list Mitua as a synonym of Pseudopatrum, not the other way round as here.
References
Primary references
- Hope, F.W. 1848: Descriptions of several new species of Helaeidae from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 5: 52–56. Internet Archive BHL
Additional references
- Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Aalbu, R.L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Merkl, O.(†) & Davies, A.E. 2021. Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys 1050: 1–633. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217
Reference page. - Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351–454, plates 12-13. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library
- White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library