Oopterus

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: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Tribus: Zolini
Subtribus: Zolina
Genus: Oopterus
Species (33): O. atratus – O. basalis – O. carinatus – O. clivinoides – O. collaris – O. femoralis – O. frontalis – O. fulvipes – O. helmsi – O. labralis – O. laevicollis – O. laevigatus – O. laeviventris – O. latifossus – O. latipennis – O. lewisi – O. marrineri – O. minor – O. nigritulus – O. ocularius – O. pallidipes – O. parvulus – O. patulus – O. plicaticollis – O. probus – O. puncticeps – O. pygmeatus – O. sculpturatus – O. sobrinus – O. soledadinus – O. strenuus – O. suavis – O. subopacus

In synonymy (8): O. aucklandicus – O. elongellus – O. guerini – O. laticollis – O. maceyi – O. ovinotatus – O. tarsalis – O. tripunctatus
Name

Oopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1841
Gender: [masculine]
Type species: Oopterus clivinoides Guérin-Méneville, 1841
Fixation: monotypy

Synonyms

Zolus Sharp, 1886
Gender: masculine
Type species: Zolus helmsi Sharp, 1886, by monotypy
Synonymised by: Larochelle & Larivière, 2007: 44 ('Reinstated synonym') [source: Larochelle & Larivière (2007: 44)]
Dormeyeria Enderlein, 1912
Gender: feminine
Type species: Trechus audouini Guérin-Méneville, 1830, by original designation [MISIDENTIFICATION OF Trechus soledadinus, according to Jeannel (1926: 447–448)]
Pseudoopterus Csiki, 1928
Gender: masculine
Type species: Oopterus plicaticollis Blanchard, 1843, by subsequent designation by Larochelle & Larivière (2001: 73) [source: Larochelle & Larivière (2001: 73)]
Synonymised by: Gourlay, 1950: 180 ('n.syn.') [source: Gourlay (1950: 180)]

References
cited sources

Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 171–202, plates 21-23. BUGZ
Guérin-Méneville, F.-E. 1841: Description de quelques coléoptères nouveaux provenant de la Tasmanie, du port Otago (Nouvelle Zélande), d'Esington-Bay (Australie septentrionale), de Triton-Bay (Nouvelle-Guinée), et des îles Vavao, Salomon, Ternate, Borneo, Aukland, etc. Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne, 1841: 120–128. Internet Archive BHL
Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, ( 43 )
Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, ( 60 )
Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351–454, plates XII-XIII. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Darlington, P.J., jr. 1964: INSECTS OF CAMPBELL ISLAND. COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE. Pacific insects monograph, 7 : 335–339. BUGZ
Dilks, P.J. 1979: Observations on the food of feral cats on Campbell Island. New Zealand journal of ecology, 2: 64–66.
Grebennikov, V.V. 1999: Larvae of Zolini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Genera Oopterus Guérin-Méneville and Idacarabus Lea. Coleopterists bulletin, 53: 245–252. JSTOR
Johns, P.M. 1974: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (1) Coleoptera: Carabidae Southern New Zealand, Patagonian, and Falkland Islands insular Carabidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4(3): 283–302. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1974.10419396 Reference page.
Michaux, B.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: East meets west: biogeology of the Campbell Plateau. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 95–115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00511.x

Oopterus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1841.[1]
Species

Oopterus contains the following twenty-nine species:[2]

Oopterus anglemensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus arthurensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus clivinoides Guerin-Meneville, 1841
Oopterus collaris Broun, 1893
Oopterus corvinki Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus discoideus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus frontalis Broun, 1908
Oopterus fulvipes Broun, 1886
Oopterus garnerae Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus laevicollis Bates, 1871
Oopterus laeviventris (Sharp, 1883)
Oopterus lewisi (Broun, 1912)
Oopterus marrineri Broun, 1909
Oopterus marrisi Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus mohiensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus monticola Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus nanus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus nunni Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus ocularius (Broun, 1917)
Oopterus palmai Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus patulus (Broun, 1881)
Oopterus punctatus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus quadripunctatus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus sculpturatus Broun, 1908
Oopterus sobrinus Broun, 1886
Oopterus strenuus Johns, 1974
Oopterus suavis Broun, 1917
Oopterus taieriensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2017
Oopterus trechoides Larochelle & Larivière, 2017

References

Guérin-Méneville, Félix Édouard (1841). "Description de quelques coléoptères nouveaux provenant de la Tasmanie, du port Otago (Nouvelle Zélande), d'Esington-Bay (Australie septentrionale), de Triton-Bay (Nouvelle-Guinée), et des îles Vavao, Salomon, Ternate, Borneo, Aukland, etc". Revue Zoologique. Société cuvierienne. 4: 120–128.
"Oopterus Guerin-Meneville, 1841". Carabidae of the World. 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.