IRMNG - Propomacrus Newman, 1837

IRMNG taxon details

Propomacrus Newman, 1837

IRMNG_ID

1099963 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1099963)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Macropropus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

Porropus Laporte, 1840 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Propomacus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
Species Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris, 2002
Species Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
Species Propomacrus arbaces Newman, 1836 accepted as Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
Species Propomacrus jansoni Jordan, 1898 accepted as Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
Species Propomacrus nankinensis Yu, 1936 accepted as Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Newman, E. (1837). Description of two scarabæi in the cabinet of Samuel Hanson, Esq., M.E.S., &c. Entomological Magazine. 4(3): 255-257., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8981531
page(s): 255 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Propomacrus Newman, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1099963 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)

original description Newman, E. (1837). Description of two scarabæi in the cabinet of Samuel Hanson, Esq., M.E.S., &c. Entomological Magazine. 4(3): 255-257., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8981531
page(s): 255 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Porropus Laporte, 1840) Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé, Tome Deuxième. Paris : P. Duménil. 563 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81425
page(s): 113 [details]

original description (of Macropropus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307
page(s): 309 [details]