Deleatidium

Life-forms

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
Ordo: Ephemeroptera
Subordo: Furcatergalia
Infraordo Lanceolata
Superfamilia: Leptophlebioidea

Familia: Leptophlebiidae
Genus: Deleatidium
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
NOTE: the spelling of the specific epithets in D. branchiola and D. myzobranchia need checking
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.
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)

Links

ION search for Deleatidium [needs updating with new names (2) from Hitchings (2010)]
Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Deleatidium
Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011 [needs updating with new names (6) from Hitchings (2008, 2009, 2010)]
EoL [needs updating with new names (6) from Hitchings (2008, 2009, 2010)]