Rhipistena

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Subfamilia: Pelecotominae
Genus: Rhipistena
Species: R. cryptarthra – R. lugubris – R. sulciceps
Name

Rhipistena Sharp, 1878

Type species: Rhipistena lugubris Sharp, 1878, by monotypy

Synonyms

Rhypistena [incorrect subsequent spelling]

References
cited sources

Sharp, D. 1878: New Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 15: 47–52, 81-83. Internet Archive

Additional references

Broun, T. 1904: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 14: 41–59, 105-127. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
Selander, R.B. 1957: The systematic position of the genus Nephrites and the phylogenetic relationships of the higher groups of Rhipiphoridae (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50: 88–103.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus