IRMNG - Macrothops Boisduval, 1835

IRMNG name details

Macrothops Boisduval, 1835

IRMNG_ID

1385692 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1385692)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Phyllotocus Fischer, 1823

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Macrothops Dejean, 1833 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Macrotops Laporte, 1840 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Macrothops australis Boisduval, 1835 accepted as Phyllotocus australis (Boisduval, 1835)
Species Macrothops moesta Boisduval, 1835 accepted as Phyllotocus moestus (Boisduval, 1835)
Species Macrothops rufipennis Boisduval, 1835 accepted as Phyllotocus rufipennis (Boisduval, 1835)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Boisduval, J. A. (1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Tome 20: Faune entomologique de l'Océan pacifique, deuxième partie: Coléoptères et autres ordres. Paris, J. Tastu. vii+716 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82313
page(s): 212 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Macrothops Boisduval, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1385692 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-08-26 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-04-26 18:26:52Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (6)
Notes (1)

original description Boisduval, J. A. (1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Tome 20: Faune entomologique de l'Océan pacifique, deuxième partie: Coléoptères et autres ordres. Paris, J. Tastu. vii+716 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82313
page(s): 212 [details]

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) (suppl. record created) [details]

source of synonymy 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). <em>Megataxa.</em> 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

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

extant flag source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Britton 1957 (Hallan, 2000-) [details]