Parisopalpus

Parisopalpus is a genus of false blister beetles in the family Oedemeridae. The genus was first identified by Logan Hudson in 1975,[1] who separated the group from Sessinia due to the presence of bifid mandibles, and n males of the species visible genitalia.[1]

Parisopalpus
Parisopalpus nigronotatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Oedemeridae
Subfamily: Oedemerinae
Tribe: Asclerini
Genus: Parisopalpus
Hudson, 1975
Type species
Parisopalpus thoracicus

Species are primarily found in Australia and New Zealand.[1] In 2012, a new species was identified in Chile, Parisopalpus defoei.[2]

Species

Currently four species belong to the genus Parisopalpus.[3][2]

  • Parisopalpus defoei (Švihla & Fischer, 2012)
  • Parisopalpus macleayi (Champion, 1895)
  • Parisopalpus nigronotatus (Boheman, 1858)
  • Parisopalpus thoracicus (Broun, 1893)
  • Parisopalpus macleayi
    Parisopalpus macleayi
  • Parisopalpus nigronotatus
    Parisopalpus nigronotatus
  • Parisopalpus thoracicus
    Parisopalpus thoracicus

References
  1. Hudson, Logan P (1975). "A systematic revision of the New Zealand Oedemeridae (Coleoptera, Insecta)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 5 (3): 227–274. doi:10.1080/03036758.1975.10421850. ISSN 0303-6758.
  2. Švihila, V; Fischer, FR (2012). "Parisopalpus defoei sp. nov. from Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, the first known species of the genus from the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)". Zootaxa. 3394 (1): 31–34. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3394.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. "Genus Parisopalpus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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