IRMNG - Desicasta Thomson, 1878

IRMNG taxon details

Desicasta Thomson, 1878

IRMNG_ID

1280183 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1280183)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Moscheuma Thomson, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Desicasta laevicostata Neervoort Van De Poll, 1886
Species Desicasta lobata Olivier, 1789
Species Desicasta nonfriedi Schoch, 1896
Species Desicasta opaca Kraatz, 1898
Species Desicasta purpurascans Schoch, 1898
Species Desicasta reichei Thomson, 1860
Species Desicasta sculptilis Thomson, 1878
Species Desicasta sebosa Neervoort Van De Poll, 1886
Species Desicasta coracina Herbst, 1790 accepted as Desicasta lobata Olivier, 1789
Species Desicasta costata Neervoort Van De Poll, 1886 accepted as Desicasta lobata Olivier, 1789
Species Desicasta metallica Janson, 1885 accepted as Amithao metallicum Janson, 1885

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Thomson, J. (1878). Typi cetonidarum, suivis de typi molommidarum et de typi nilionidarum Musæi Thomsoniani. E. Deyrolle, Paris, France, 44 pp., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62538r
page(s): 14 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Desicasta Thomson, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1280183 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)

original description Thomson, J. (1878). Typi cetonidarum, suivis de typi molommidarum et de typi nilionidarum Musæi Thomsoniani. E. Deyrolle, Paris, France, 44 pp., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62538r
page(s): 14 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [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 Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). <em>Megataxa.</em> 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Moscheuma Thomson, 1880) Thomson, J. (1880). Diagnoses de genres nouveaux de la famille des cétonides. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(34): 268-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928677
page(s): 268 [details]