Nyphaeba mimica

Nyphaeba mimica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Cryptorhynchini
Subtribus: Cryptorhynchina
Genus: Nyphaeba
Species: Nyphaeba mimica

Name

• Nyphaeba mimica Riedel, 2017: 382, fig. 3

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Fly River.

Holotype: BMNH, ARC4665, ♂; paralectotype of Pantiala illusa.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin adjective mimicus, -a, -um (acting, imitating) and refers to the superficial resemblance of its habitus and color pattern with Pantiala illusa Pascoe and Trigonopterus oblongus (Pascoe).

References

• Riedel, A. 2017. The weevil genera Nyphaeba Pascoe and Pantiala Pascoe and the problems of an unstable nomenclature in orphaned taxa. Zootaxa 4244(3): 377–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.6. Reference page.