Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Scirtoidea

Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Cyphon
Species: Cyphon gladifer

Name

Cyphon gladifer Zwick, 2014: 136, figs. 4, 14–18, 34

  • 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 sword”.

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. 136, figs. 4, 14–18, 34]
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