Contacyphon alexriedeli

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: Contacyphon alexriedeli

Name

Contacyphon alexriedeli (Zwick, 2014: 134)

• Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Eipomek-Langda, Oranje-Mts. [139°39′E, 4°30′S: Gazetteer “Papua Insects Foundation”], 3500 m.
• Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 23.–24.VIII.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
• Etymology: The species is named in honour of ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Karlsruhe), specialist of Curculionidae, who collected abundant material of Scirtidae in Irian Jaya, mainly by sweeping and beating vegetation.

References

Primary 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. 134, figs. 1, 5, 9–13, 32]