Bountya
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Bountya insularis | |
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Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. | |
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Genus: | Bountya Townsend, 1971
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Species: | B. insularis
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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
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- ^ "Bountya Townsend, 1971". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ 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.
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