IRMNG - Amaurodes Westwood, 1844

IRMNG taxon details

Amaurodes Westwood, 1844

IRMNG_ID

1378671 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1378671)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Callopistes Schaum, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym

Megalorhina Westwood, 1847 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

Megalorrhina Schoch, 1895 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes anchoralis Kraatz, 1896 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes collinsi Allard, 1992 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes dukei Allard, 1985 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes linnei Schaum, 1844 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes natalensis Allard, 1992 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes nigricans Fairmaire, 1897 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes overlaeti Burgeon, 1934 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes quadripunctata Kraatz, 1896 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes tibialis Kraatz, 1896 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844
Species Amaurodes vitticollis Kraatz, 1897 accepted as Amaurodes passerinii Westwood, 1844

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Westwood, J. O. (1844). Illustrations of two new goliath beetles. Arcana Entomologica. 2(17): 71-72, Pl. 67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12171543 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Amaurodes Westwood, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1378671 on 2025-04-23

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 (11)

original description Westwood, J. O. (1844). Illustrations of two new goliath beetles. Arcana Entomologica. 2(17): 71-72, Pl. 67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12171543 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 De Palma, M., Takano, H., Leonard, P., & Bouyer, T. (2024). Taxonomic revision of Mecynorhina Hope, 1837 and allied African genera with simple or bifurcate horns (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Goliathini). Entomologia Africana. 29(1): 11-32., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379000981 [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Megalorrhina Schoch, 1895) Schoch, G. (1895). Die Genera und Species meiner Cetoniden-Sammlung. II. Teil: Tribus Cetoniadae, Diplognathidae und Cremastocliilidae. E. Zwingli, Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 86-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-72713 [details]

original description (of Callopistes Schaum, 1845) Schaum, H. (1845). Observations critiques sur la famille des Lamellicornes mélitophiles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, series 2. 2: 333-426., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8292089
page(s): 401 [details]

original description (of Megalorhina Westwood, 1847) Westwood, J. O. (1847). Descriptions of two new Goliath Beetles from Cape Palmas, in the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 5(1): 18-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1847.tb01688.x [details]