Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Papuacyphon
Species: Papuacyphon mordax
Name
Papuacyphon mordax Zwick, 2014: 145, figs. 45–49, 66
- Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, w. Gn. Elit, 3300 m.
- Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 26.–27.IX.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
- Etymology: The large movable appendages of the uncifer remind one of a pair of beetle mandibles ready to bite. This suggested the name mordax (a Latin adjective meaning biting).
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. 145, figs. 45–49, 66]
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