Parisopalpus is a genus of false blister beetles in the family Oedemeridae. The genus was first identified by Logan Hudson in 1975,[1] who separated the group from Sessinia due to the presence of bifid mandibles, and n males of the species visible genitalia.[1]
| Parisopalpus | |
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| Parisopalpus nigronotatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Oedemeridae |
| Subfamily: | Oedemerinae |
| Tribe: | Asclerini |
| Genus: | Parisopalpus Hudson, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Parisopalpus thoracicus | |
Species are primarily found in Australia and New Zealand.[1] In 2012, a new species was identified in Chile, Parisopalpus defoei.[2]
Species
editCurrently four species belong to the genus Parisopalpus.[3][2]
- Parisopalpus defoei (Švihla & Fischer, 2012)
- Parisopalpus macleayi (Champion, 1895)
- Parisopalpus nigronotatus (Boheman, 1858)
- Parisopalpus thoracicus (Broun, 1893)
Gallery
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Parisopalpus macleayi -
Parisopalpus nigronotatus -
Parisopalpus thoracicus
References
edit- ^ a b c Hudson, Logan P (1975). "A systematic revision of the New Zealand Oedemeridae (Coleoptera, Insecta)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 5 (3): 227–274. doi:10.1080/03036758.1975.10421850. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ^ a b Švihila, V; Fischer, FR (2012). "Parisopalpus defoei sp. nov. from Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, the first known species of the genus from the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)". Zootaxa. 3394 (1): 31–34. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3394.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Genus Parisopalpus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
External links
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