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Apetasimus expers (Blackburn in Blackburn and Sharp, 1885)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Brachypeplus expers Blackburn in Blackburn and Sharp, 1885:136; Orthostolus expers Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908:455.

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1883

 

Distribution

Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Only known from the holotype (Ewing, 2006).

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Blackburn in: Blackburn, R. T. and Sharp, D. (1885). On some new species and genera of Coleoptera. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 3: 131-231.

 

Other references:

Ewing, Curtis. (2006). Revision of the endemic Hawaiian sap beetle genus Apetasimus Sharp 1908 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Zootaxa 1385: 1-30.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/24349/apetasimus-expers

 

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