Exocelina eme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina eme

Name

• Exocelina eme Shaverdo, Hendrich & Balke in Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012: figs 20A–E, 46

Holotype: NHMW, ♂, 29.9.1993, leg. M. Balke (24).

Type locality: Indonesia: Papua Province: Jayawijaya Regency, Emdoman, 04°14'S, 139°55'E.

Etymology: The species is named for the Eme River, from a tributary of which it has been collected. The name is a noun in the nominative singular standing in apposition.

References

• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page.