Scraptogetus

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Aderidae
Genus: Scraptogetus
Species (2): S. anthracinus – S. arboreus
Name

Scraptogetus Broun, 1893: 1357

Type species: Scraptogetus anthracinus Broun, 1893; fixation: monotypy

Synonyms

Metasclera Broun, 1914: 198
Type species: Metasclera nigricans Broun, 1914; fixation: subsequent designation by Arnett, 1950: 222 ('Present designation')

References

Broun, T. 1893. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part VI. Pp. 1321–1394. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL Reference page.
Broun, T. 1893. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part V. Pp. iv + 975–1320. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL Reference page. [see p. 1357]
Watt, J.C. 1987: The family and subfamily classification and New Zealand genera of Pythidae and Scraptiidae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology 12(1): 111-136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00552.x Reference page. [see p. 112]

Additional references

Ewers, R.M.; Didham, R.K. 2008: Pervasive impact of large-scale edge effects on a beetle community. PNAS, 105: 5426–5429. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800460105
Hudson, G.V. 1934: New Zealand beetles and their larvae: an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. Ferguson & Osborne, Wellington. Full book (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page. [See p. 204, fn. (a)]
Kukalova-Peck, J.; Lawrence, J.F. 2004: Relationships among coleopteran suborders and major endoneopteran lineages: evidence from hind wing characters. European journal of entomology, 101: 95–144.

Links

ZooBank: 6984F4E7-E600-4EEC-97AC-78D2E2176016 (about Scraptogetus)
ZooBank: 09B83E3A-609B-47BB-9506-370AA90428CD (about Metasclera)