Contacyphon graniger

Cyphon graniger (aedeagus)

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 graniger

Name

Contacyphon graniger (Sharp, 1878)

• Type locality: New Zealand: Christchurch.

Synonymy

• Cyphon graniger Sharp 1878: 54; Broun 1880: 322 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878); Pic 1914: 31 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 51 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al.; 2011: 420 (catalogue)
  • Contacyphon graniger — 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

• 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. 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.