Mexico splendens ( Hernando & Ribera, 2003 ), 2019

Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2019, Review of the Asian Thaumastodinae (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea, Limnichidae), with a phylogeny of the genera, European Journal of Taxonomy 583, pp. 1-45 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.583
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4F834ADD-57E7-4CE3-B16A-127F1BE4AE14
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5386767
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F9EF19-9F72-FFE6-FE26-FC3F5FD22BA8
treatment provided by	Plazi (2019-12-05 14:59:33, last updated by Valdenar 2024-12-20 16:06:54)
scientific name	Mexico splendens ( Hernando & Ribera, 2003 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Mexico splendens ( Hernando & Ribera, 2003) comb. nov.

Babalimnichus splendens Hernando & Ribera, 2003: 270 View in CoL .

Distribution

Tonga Islands.

Remarks

This species was described based on the female holotype. No additional specimens have been found.

Phylogeny

As a result of my analysis, one most parsimonious tree was obtained (L = 17, Ci = 88, Ri = 60), shown in Fig. 20 View Fig . The synapomorphies of the subfamily Thaumastodinae are as follows: oblong body shape (1-1); eyes large, situated on dorso-lateral side of head (3-1); and hind legs with tibial spurs (9-1).

References

Hernando C. & Ribera I. 2003. Babalimnichus splendens sp. n., a new jumping shore beetle from the Tonga Islands (Polynesia) (Coleoptera: Limnichidae, Thaumastodinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 73: 269 - 273.