Papuacyphon mordax

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: Papuacyphon
Species: Papuacyphon mordax

Name

Papuacyphon mordax Zwick, 2014: 145, figs. 45–49, 66

• Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, w. Gn. Elit, 3300 m.

• Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 26.–27.IX.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.

• Etymology: The large movable appendages of the uncifer remind one of a pair of beetle mandibles ready to bite. This suggested the name mordax (a Latin adjective meaning biting).

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. 145, figs. 45–49, 66]