Contacyphon pugionifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scirtiformia
Superfamilia: Scirtoidea

Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Contacyphon
Species:

Name

Contacyphon pugionifer (Zwick, 2014: 137)

  • Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Gn. Elit, 3500 m.
  • Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 25.–26.IX.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
  • Etymology: A Latin noun in apposition, meaning “carrier of a dagger”.

Synonymy

  • Cyphon pugionifer Zwick, 2014: 137
    • Contacyphon pugionifer Zwick, 2014: 152, addendum

References

Primary references

  • Zwick, P. 2014: Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 5. New species of the genera Cyphon (s. str.) and Papuacyphon n. gen. from New Guinea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A), (n.s.) 7: 131-152. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 137, figs. 6, 19–23, 33; 152, addendum]
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