IRMNG - Fossocarus Howden, 1961

IRMNG taxon details

Fossocarus Howden, 1961

IRMNG_ID

1135237 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1135237)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Direct children (1)

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Species Fossocarus creoleorum Howden, 1961

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Howden, H.F. (1961). New Species and a New Genus of Melolonthinae From the Southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 93(9): 807-812., available online at https://doi.org/10.4039/ent93807-9
page(s): 807 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Fossocarus Howden, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1135237 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (6)

original description Howden, H.F. (1961). New Species and a New Genus of Melolonthinae From the Southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 93(9): 807-812., available online at https://doi.org/10.4039/ent93807-9
page(s): 807 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

extant flag source Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]