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Genus of beetles

Bountya
Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
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. 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. The holotype specimen is in the entomology collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

References

  1. "Bountya Townsend, 1971". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  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.
  3. "Bountya insularis". www.aucklandmuseum.com. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Bountya
Bountya insularis


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