Bountya
Appearance
Bountya | |
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Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Broscinae |
Tribe: | Broscini |
Subtribe: | Creobiina |
Genus: | Bountya Townsend, 1971 |
Species: | B. insularis
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Binomial name | |
Bountya insularis Townsend, 1971
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Bountya insularis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Bountya.[1] Both the genus and species was first described by J. I. Townsend in 1971 from specimens collected by E. G. Turbott on Bounty Island on 11 November 1950.[2] The holotype specimen is in the entomology collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Bountya Townsend, 1971". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b Townsend, J. I. (1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monograph. 27: 173–184.
- ^ "Bountya insularis". www.aucklandmuseum.com. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2017.