IRMNG - Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840

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Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840

IRMNG_ID

1362039 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1362039)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Tetrophthalmus Kirby, 1827 · unaccepted (rejected name)

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Species Stegopterus obesus Burmeister, 1842
Species Stegopterus septus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840
Species Stegopterus suturalis Gory & Percheron, 1833
Species Stegopterus vittatus Fabricius, 1781
Species Stegopterus natalensis Peringuey, 1907 accepted as Eriopeltastes natalensis Peringuey, 1907

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Burmeister, H. C.; Schaum, H. (1840). Kritische Revision der Lamellicornia melitophila (Erstes Stück). Zeitschrift für die Entomologie. 2(2): 353-420., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24565239
page(s): 365 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362039 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2024-12-10 22:20:10Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (9)

original description Burmeister, H. C.; Schaum, H. (1840). Kritische Revision der Lamellicornia melitophila (Erstes Stück). Zeitschrift für die Entomologie. 2(2): 353-420., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24565239
page(s): 365 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

additional source ICZN. (2006). Opinion 2162 (Case 3314). Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 63(4): 278-279., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34353174 [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). Megataxa. 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 Tetrophthalmus Kirby, 1827) Kirby, W. (1827). A description of some new genera and species of petalocerous Coleoptera. Zoological Journal. 3(10): 145-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339328
page(s): 156 [details]