Parepierus brunneus is a beetle first described as Abraeus brunneus by Thomas Broun in 1881.[1][2] In 2017, it was reassigned to Parepierus by R. A. B. Leschen and M. Ôhara.[3]

Parepierus brunneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Genus: Parepierus
Species:
P. brunneus
Binomial name
Parepierus brunneus
(Broun, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Abraeus brunneus Broun, 1881

References

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  1. ^ Mazur, Slawomir (1997) A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement)
  2. ^ Broun, T. (1881) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II, xxiii + pp. 653-744 [666]. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington
  3. ^ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Ôhara, Masahiro (2017-09-18). "Phylogenetic Placement of Abraeus vividulus Broun and Notes on New Zealand Histeridae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 71 (3): 537. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-71.3.537. ISSN 0010-065X.