Contacyphon decussatus

Cyphon decussatus (aedeagus), see fig. 8(E, F) in Nyholm (2000)

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Scirtiformia Superfamilia: Scirtoidea

Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Contacyphon
Species: Cyphon decussatus

Name

Cyphon decussatus Nyholm, 2000

• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type locality: 'New Zealand AK/ Lynfield W 13' - Nyholm (2000: 61)
  • NOTE: "W 13" almost certainly should be "W B" (=Wattle Bay)
  • Secondary types: paratypes (9)
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: 5 [adult] females, 4 [adult] males
  • Repositories: NHRM (1 male), NZAC (5 females, 3 males)

[source: Nyholm (2000: 61)]

References

Primary references

• Nyholm, T. 2000. New species, taxonomic notes, and genitalia of New Zealand Cyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). New Zealand Entomologist 22(1): 45–67. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1999.9722054 Reference page.