Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea 

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Molytini
Subtribus: Molytina
Genus: Morimotodes
Species: Morimotodes polynices

Name

Type locality: TAIWAN: Kaohsiung Hs. Rd. Abv. Tona For. Sta. Km16–17, 1700–1800m.
Holotype: CMN #5949, ♂, 28.V.1998, A.Smetana (T190).
Etymology: Latinized Greek mythical name of Polynices, the son of Oedipus and Jocasta, as well as a grandson of Jocasta.

References

  • Grebennikov, V.V. 2014. Morimotodes, a new genus for two minute wingless litter species from southwest China and Taiwan with an illustrated overview of Molytina and Plinthina genera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytini). Bonn zoological bulletin 63(2): 123–147. Full article (PDF)Reference page.  [original description: p. 131, fig. 4]
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