Blackburnia blaptoides Blackburn, 1878:157
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Deropristus blaptoides (Blackburn, 1878) [Sharp, 1903:192]
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1892 or earlier (Perkins, 1892; Liebherr & Zimmerman, 2000:242)
Distribution
Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Blackburn, T. (1878). Characters of new genera and descriptions of new species of Geodephaga from the Hawaiian Islands. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 15: 119-123.
Other references:
Blackburn, T. and Sharp, D. (1885). Memoirs on the Coleoptera ofthe Hawaiian Islands. Trans. Roy. Dubl in Soc. 3(New Ser.): 119-300 + 2 pls.
Liebherr, James K. and Zimmerman, Elwood C. (2000). Insects of Hawaii, vol. 16. Hawaiian Carabidae (Coleoptera), part 1: Introduction and tribe Platynini. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: University of Hawaii Press. [p. 60: species key; p. 240: taxon profile; p. 241: museum specimen]
Perkins, R. C. L. (1892). Notes on collecting, Oahu, 1892, p. 13. Bishop Museum archives, Ms. SC Perkins, Box 1.
Sharp, D. (1903). Coleoptera, Caraboidea, pp. 175-292. In: Fauna Hawaiiensis. Vol. 3. D. Sharp (ed.). University Press, Cambridge.