Contacyphon genalis

Contacyphon genalis (aedeagus), see fig. 10(A, B) 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: Contacyphon genalis

Name

Contacyphon genalis (Sharp, 1878)

• Type locality: 'sent in numbers from Tairua and from Auckland'

Synonyms

• Cyphon crassus Broun, 1883
• Cyphon genalis Sharp, 1878
  • Contacyphon genalis — Zwick et al., 2013: 342

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1878. On the Dascillidae of New Zealand. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5), 2: 40–59. DOI: 10.1080/00222937808682380 BHL Reference page. 
• Zwick, P., Klausnitzer, B. & Ruta, R. 2013. Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) to accommodate species so far combined with the invalid name, Cyphon Paykull, 1799. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 109: 337–353. Reference page.  [conb. nov.: p. 342]

Additional references

• Broun, T. 1883. On the New Zealand Dascyllidae, etc. New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin) 1(8): 367–382. BHL Reference page. 
• Broun, T. 1886. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts III and IV. Pp. 745–973. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL (Part III), BHL (Part IV) Reference page. 
• Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page. 
• Nyholm, T. 1972. Zur Morphologie und Funktion des Helodiden-Aedoeagus. Entomologica Scandinavica 3(2): 81–119. DOI: 10.1163/187631272X00193 Reference page. 
• 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.