Nyctophyxis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Nyctophyxis Costa, 1975

Type species: Pyrophorus ocellatus Germar, 1841 [≡ Nyctophyxis ocellata (Germar, 1841)]
Note: Contrary to the original description, epithets should be feminine gender since the Greek word φύξις “refuge” is feminine noun in dictionaries (vide Kundrata et al., 2019).

Costa, C. 1975. Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Arquivos de Zoologia 26(2): 49–190. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190 . ResearchGate . Reference page. [see pages 86–87]

Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Bouchard, P. 2019. World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . Reference page. [see page 118]

Nyctophyxis – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 29 September 2024.
Nyctophyxis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 29 September 2024.