Rhantus suturalis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Rhantus
Species: Rhantus suturalis
Name

Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825)
Synonyms

Colymbetes suturalis MacLeay, 1825
Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825)
Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, 1828
Rhantus pulverosus (Stephens, 1828)

Type data

suturalis MacLeay: Lectotype, designated by Balke (1993: 60): BMNH
Type kind: male
Type locality: Java
Paralectotypes: none designated

Primary references

Balke, M. 1993: Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 63: 39–84. [in German, with English abstract] Reference page. [lectotype designation, see p. 60]

References

Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Miller, M.; Hendrich, L.; Sagata, K.; Posman, A.; Vogler, A.P.; Meier, R. 2009: New Guinea highland origin of a widespread arthropod supertramp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B), 276: 2359–2367. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0015
Ewers, R.M.; Thorpe, S.; Didham, R.K. 2007: Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape. Ecology, 88: 96–106. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Appendix C
Winterbourn, M.J.; Gregson, K.L.D.; Dolphin, C.H. 2006: Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Fourth edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, (14) ISBN 978-0-9597663-7-0 ISBN 0-9597663-7-5