Epichorius

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
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Byrrhidae
Subfamilia: Byrrhinae
Genus: Epichorius
Species (4): E. aucklandiae – E. longulus – E. sorenseni – E. tumidellus
Name

Epichorius Kirsch, in Kiesenwetter & Kirsch, 1877
Type species: Epichorius aucklandiae Kiesenwetter & Kirsch, 1877
Fixation: monotypy

References

Farrell, J.A.K. 1974: Observations on Epichorius spp. (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) in Auckland Island rata forests. New Zealand journal of zoology, 1(2): 165–169. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517824 Reference page.
Kiesenwetter, H., von; Kirsch, T. 1877: Die käferfauna der Auckland-inseln nach Herm. Krone's sammlungen beschreiben. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 21: 153–174. BHL
Watt, J.C. 1971: Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Byrrhidae, Ptinidae, Tenebrionidae. Pacific insects monograph, 27: 193–224. PDF BUGZ