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 reductus

Name

Cyphon reductus Zwick, 2013: 178, figs. 23−29

  • Type locality: AUSTRALIA: NSW: 3 km NE Harrington; littoral rainfor.
  • Holotype: AM , ♂, G. Williams 21 Feb. 1992.
  • Etymology: The specific name ‘reduced’ refers both to the small body size and the simplified structure of the male genitalia representing an extreme stage of reduction within Cyphon.

References

  • Zwick, P. 2013: Australian marsh beetles. 3. A restricted concept of genus Cyphon, Australian species of Cyphon s. str., and the new Australasian genus Nanocyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Genus 24(2): 163-189. full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 178, figs. 23−29]
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