Exocelina abdita

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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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina abdita
Name

Exocelina abdita (Balke, Watts, Cooper, Humphreys & Vogler, 2004)
Authority for current combination: Nilsson, 2007: 33
Combination: Papuadytes abditus: Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 63 ('N.COMB.')
Original combination: Copelatus abditus
Original status: valid species
Primary type: holotype
Fixation: designated
Description: adult male
Repository: NTM I 001173
Type locality: 'AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory. Newhaven Station, Camel Bore, 4m deep, BES 7296. NT Govt. RN 10151. 22°56'04'S; 131°14'23'E'

References

Balke, M.; Watts, C.H.S.; Cooper, S.J.B.; Humphreys, W.F.; Vogler, A.P. 2004: A highly modified stygobiont diving beetle of the genus Copelatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae): taxonomy and cladistic analysis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Systematic entomology, 29 (1): 59–67. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00229.x
Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34.
Nilsson, A.N.; Fery, H. 2006: World Catalogue of Dytiscidae – corrections and additions, 3 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 76: 55–74.