Kanala

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: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Megasternini
Genus: Kanala
Species (5): K. bipunctata – K. loebli – K. montaguei – K. punctiventris – K. reticulata
Name

Kanala Balfour-Browne, 1939
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine
Type species: Kanala reticulata Balfour-Browne, 1939
Fixation: original designation

References

Balfour-Browne, J. 1939: New and rare species of aquatic Coleoptera from New Caledonia. Dytiscidae and Palpicornia. Annals and magazine of natural history (11), 3: 370–376. [not seen]
Fikáček, M. 2010: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera). Pp. 323-364 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869 PDF
Fikáček, M. 2010: Hydrophilidae: The genus Kanala Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera). Pp. 365-394 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869 PDF

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