Contacyphon curvispina

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 curvispina

Name

Contacyphon curvispina (Zwick, 2014: 138)

• Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Emdoman-Okloma, 1660–2000 m.
• Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 16.IX.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
• Etymology: A Latin noun in apposition, meaning “curved spine”.

Synonymy

• Cyphon curvispina Zwick, 2014: 138 [basionym]
  • Contacyphon curvispina — Zwick, 2014: 153 (addendum)

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. 138, figs. 2, 7, 24–28; p. 152 addendum]