Castelnaudia

Castelnaudia sp., copyright Kipling Will.

Belongs within: Harpalinae.

Castelnaudia is a genus of ground beetles found in eastern Australia, characterised by a cordiform pronotum and elytra with three intervals raised and strongly costate.

<==Castelnaudia Tschitschérine 1890 [incl. Omocycla Tschitschérine 1902]LM87
    |--C. septemcostata (Chaudoir 1874) (see below for synonymy)LM87
    |--C. cordata (Chaudoir 1865) [=Feronia (Homalosoma) cordata; incl. F. cunninghamii Castelnau 1867]LM87
    |--C. cyanea (Castelnau 1840) [=Homalosoma cyanea; incl. Feronia episcopalis Castelnau 1867]LM87
    |--C. cyaneotincta (Boisduval 1835) [=Omalosoma cyaneotinctum; incl. Homalosoma atroviride Sloane 1895]LM87
    |--C. eungella (Darlington 1962) [=Trichosternus eungella]LM87
    |--C. hecate (Tschitschérine 1901) [=Homalosoma hecate]LM87
    |--C. kirrama (Darlington 1962) [=Trichosternus kirrama]LM87
    |--C. marginifera (Chaudoir 19865) [=Feronia (Homalosoma) marginifera; incl. F. viridescens Castelnau 1867]LM87
    |--C. mixta (Darlington 1962) [=Trichosternus mixtus]LM87
    |--C. obscuripennis (Macleay 1887) [=Homalosoma obscuripenne, *Omocycla obscuripennis]LM87
    |--C. porphyriaca (Sloane 1900) [=Homalosoma porphyriacum]LM87
    |--C. queenslandica (Csiki 1930) [=Trichosternus (Castelnaudia) queenslandicus]LM87
    |--C. setosiceps (Sloane 1923) [=Trichosternus setosiceps]LM87
    |--C. spec (Darlington 1962) [=Trichosternus spec]LM87
    |--C. speciosa Sloane 1911LM87
    |--C. superba (Castelnau 1867) [=Feronia superba]LM87
    `--C. wilsoni (Castelnau 1867) [=Feronia wilsoni]LM87

Castelnaudia septemcostata (Chaudoir 1874) [=Feronia (Homalosoma) septemcostata; incl. F. (Castelnaudia) basisulcata Tschitschérine 1890, F. (Omalosoma) nitidicollis Castelnau 1867 non F. (Notonomus) nitidicollis Chaudoir 1865, *Castelnaudia nitidicollis]LM87

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.

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