Sharpides

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: Sharpides
Synonyms (1): Sharpia

Species (1): S. hirtellus
Name

Sharpides Kirkaldy, 1910: 8

New replacement name for Sharpia Broun, 1880
Type species: Sharpia hirtella Broun, 1880
Fixation: objective
ZooBank: 3C5EFC83-8FBE-4C36-8F1F-DDB4B12D2DFD

References

Batelka, J. 2009: Clinopalpus hanae, a new genus and species of ripiphorid beetle from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Pelecotominae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49: 239–245. Abstract
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. Reference page. [p. 101: Sharpides tentatively placed in Nephritinae ]