IRMNG - Achloa Erichson, 1840

IRMNG taxon details

Achloa Erichson, 1840

IRMNG_ID

1400076 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1400076)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Nanarcta Blanchard, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Achloa helvola Erichson, 1840
Species Achloa vulpecula (Blanchard, 1851)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Erichson, W.F. (1840). Entomographien, Untersuchungen in dem Gebiete der Entomologie mit besonderer Benutzung der Königl. Sammlung in Berlin. Morin, Berlin. 180 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102122
page(s): 41 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Achloa Erichson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1400076 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 (7)

original description Erichson, W.F. (1840). Entomographien, Untersuchungen in dem Gebiete der Entomologie mit besonderer Benutzung der Königl. Sammlung in Berlin. Morin, Berlin. 180 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102122
page(s): 41 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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). <em>Megataxa.</em> 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]

original description (of Nanarcta Blanchard, 1851) Milne-Edwards, H., Blanchard, É & Lucas, H. (1850-1851). Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coléoptères I. Gide et Baudry, Paris. iv+240 pp. [pp. iv+1-128: 1850; pp. 129-240: 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37320
page(s): 164 [details]