| Bountya | |
|---|---|
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| Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Broscinae |
| Tribe: | Broscini |
| Subtribe: | Creobiina |
| Genus: | Bountya Townsend, 1971 |
| Species: | B. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bountya insularis Townsend, 1971 | |
Bountya insularis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Bountya.[1] Both the genus and species was first described by J. I. Townsend in 1971 from specimens collected by E. G. Turbott on Bounty Island on 11 November 1950.[2] The holotype specimen is in the entomology collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Bountya Townsend, 1971". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- 1 2 Townsend, J. I. (1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monograph. 27: 173–184.
- ↑ "Bountya insularis". www.aucklandmuseum.com. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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