Cheirotonus jambar
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Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Euchirini
Genus: Cheirotonus
Species: Cheirotonus jambar
Name[edit]
Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984: 74
Type locality: "Ié Forestry Road, Kunigami, N. Okinawa Island"; Japan.
Holotype: NSMT 517SC0161H
Etymology: "from the Latinized spelling of the Okinawan dialect, "Yambaru", which means the terrace-like hills in the northern part of the Island of Okinawa" [Kurosawa, 1984: 78]
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Kurosawa, Y. 1984. Discovery of a new long-armed scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera) on the island of Okinawa. Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A 10: 73–78. PDF Reference page.
Links[edit]
- IUCN: Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984 (Endangered)
Vernacular names[edit]
日本語: ヤンバルテナガコガネ(山原手長黄金虫)