Parasiagonum
| Parasiagonum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Parasiagonum Steel, 1950 |
| Species: | P. hudsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasiagonum hudsoni (Cameron, 1927) | |
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Parasiagonum hudsoni is a species of rove beetle endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Malcom Cameron from a specimen collected by George Hudson. The specimen was collected from a patch of Karaka trees on the southern coast of Wellington.[2] In 1950, the species was designated the genus Parasiagonum. It is the only member of this genus.[1] The holotype is stored in the Natural History Museum of London.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from one locality in Wellington, New Zealand. It occurs under the bark of Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) trees.
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient".[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Steel, W O (1950). "Notes on Staphylinidae, chiefly from New Zealand: two new piestine genera from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 78 (2–3): 203–212.
- 1 2 Cameron, M (1927). "Description of a new species of Siagonium from New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 63: 222.
- ↑ Leschen, R. A.B.; Marris, J. W.M.; Emberson, R. M.; Nunn, J.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Stringer, I. A.N. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686311. ISSN 0077-9962.