Pyronota

Pyronota festiva (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Pyronota
Species (17): P. aurata – P. coerula – P. dives – P. edwardsi – P. electa – P. festiva – P. lugubris – P. minor – P. pallida – P. punctata – P. purpurata – P. refulgens – P. regalis – P. rubra – P. setosa – P. sobrina – P. splendens

Name

Pyronota Boisduval, 1835

Synonyms

• Calonota Hope, 1837
• ?Psilodontria Broun, 1895
• ?Mycernus Broun, 1904

Type species

• Calonota Hope: Melolontha festiva Fabricius, 1775, by original designation
• Pyronota Boisduval: Melolontha festiva Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation by ?

References

Primary references

• Boisduval, J.A. 1835: Internet Archive BHL
• Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1904: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 14: 41–59, 105-127. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Hope, F.W. 1837: The coleopterist's manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol. 1 . London: H.G. Bohn. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
• Given, B.B. 1960: The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3: 363–381. BUGZ
• Stewart, K.M. 1987: Preliminary observations on the biology of a manuka chafer, Pyronota sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Otago. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 60–63.
• Ward, J.B. et al. 2007: A SURVEY OF THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA OF KENNEDYS BUSH RESERVE. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 21 : 57–68. ISSN: 0370-3878

Unpublished theses/reports

• Brown, J.G. 1963: Biology and taxonomy of the genus Pyronota Bois. (Melolonthinae, Coleoptera). UNPUBLISHED M.AGR.SC. THESIS, LINCOLN COLLEGE, CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]