Emcephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Heleini
Genus: Emcephalus
Name

Emcephalus Kirby, 1828
Gender

masculine
Synonyms

Emcephalus Kirby, 1828
Encephalus Brême, 1842
Ellaemus Pascoe, 1866
Encara Gemminger & Harold, 1870
Euhelaeus Gemminger & Harold, 1870

Type species

Emcephalus Kirby: Emcephalus gibbosus Kirby, 1828, by monotypy
Euhelaeus Gemminger & Harold: Euhelaeus speculiferus Gebien, 1920, by monotypy

References

Watt, J.C. 1968: Specific synonymy in Mimopeus Pascoe (Cilibe auctorum), and the nomenclatural status of some related genera (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). New Zealand entomologist, 4(1): 35–39. BUGZ

Links

Australian Faunal Directory