Tritoma
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| Tritoma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Genus: | Tritoma Fabricius, 1775 |
Tritoma is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae. There is also plant genus of the same name, which is a synonym of Kniphofia.
[edit] Taxonomy
Although the authority for the genus is sometimes given as Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled (Opinion 1754 [1]) that the accepted authority for Tritoma is Fabricius. Recent molecular work [2] suggests that Tritoma is paraphyletic.
[edit] References
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- ^ International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature (1994). "Opinion 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51 (1): 58–70. http://biostor.org/reference/5362.
- ^ J. A. Robertson, J. V. McHugh & M. F. Whiting (2004). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy". Systematic Entomology 29 (2): 173–187. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00242.x.
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