Systematische Einordnung

Reich: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Tiere
Unterreich: Bilateria Haeckel, 1874 - Zweiseitentiere
Unterstreich: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Urmünder
Überstamm: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo, Turbeville, Linford, Rivera, Garey, Raff & Lake, 1997 - Häutungstiere
Stamm: Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 - Gliederfüßer
Unterstamm: Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 - Sechsfüßer
Klasse: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - Insekten
Unterklasse: Pterygota Gegenbaur, 1878 - Fluginsekten
Unterstklasse: Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - Neuflügler
Überordnung: Holometabola Burmeister, 1835 - Holometabole Insekten
Ordnung: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Käfer
Unterordnung: Polyphaga Emery, 1886
Unterstordnung: Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
Überfamilie: Elateroidea Leach, 1815 - Schnellkäferartige
Familie: Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 - Leuchtkäfer
Unterfamilie: Chespiritoinae Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020
Gattung: Chespirito Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020

Angaben zur Gattung

• Typusart: Chespirito zaragozai Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020
• Geschlecht: männlich
• Etymologie: The new genus is a patronym to Roberto Gómez Bolaños (1929-2014), known by his stage name of Chespirito (little Shakespeare). Chespirito was of Mexican nationality, and a prolific screenwriter, comedian, actor and director, regarded as one of the most brilliant artists of his time, being widely known in Latin America by his roles as the characters Chespirito, El Chavo del Ocho (or Chaves, in Brazil) and El Chapulin Colorado (or Chapolin Colorado, in Brazil).
• Anzahl der Arten: 6

Taxonomische Referenzen

• Chespirito Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020: 4
• Chespirito: Ferreira et al. (2022): 230

• Chespirito ballantyneae Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020 -
• Chespirito costae Ferreira, Keller & Ivie, 2022 -
• Chespirito hintoni Ferreira, Keller & Ivie, 2022 -
• Chespirito lloydi Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020 -
• Chespirito milleri Ferreira, Keller & Ivie, 2022 -
• Chespirito zaragozai Ferreira, Keller & Branham, 2020 -

Mexiko und USA.

Literatur

• Ferreira, V. S., Keller, O. & Branham, M. A. (2020): Multilocus Phylogeny Support the Nonbioluminescent Firefly Chespirito as a New Subfamily in the Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea), Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 4, Issue 6, November 2020, 2, ISSN 2399-3421, doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaa014, S. 1-13
• Ferreira, V. S., Keller, O. & Ivie, M. A. (2022): Descriptions of New Species of Chespirito Ferreira, Keller & Branham (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Chespiritoinae) and the First Record for the Subfamily in the United States, Zootaxa, Volume 5124, Number 2, ISSN 1175-5334, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.2.8, S. 230-237

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