Cyphon poecilopterus

Taxonavigation

Cyphon poecilopterus (aedeagus), see fig. 8 (G, H) in Nyholm (2000)

Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Scirtoidea

Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Cyphon
Species: Cyphon poecilopterus

Name

Cyphon poecilopterus Nyholm, 2000
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
  - Fixation: designated
  - Description: [adult] male
  - Repository: NZAC
- Type locality: 'New Zealand AK/ Lynfield W B' - Nyholm (2000: 63)
  - Note: "W B" almost certainly stands for Wattle Bay
- Secondary types: paratypes (13)
  - Fixation: designated
  - Description: 7 [adult] females, 6 [adult] males
    - Note: there is some inconsistency regarding the number of females and males in the paratype series
  - Repositories: BMNH (1 female), NZAC (6 females, 6 males)

[source: Nyholm (2000: 62–63)]

References

cited sources

Nyholm, T. 2000: New species, taxonomic notes, and genitalia of New Zealand Cyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). New Zealand entomologist, 22: 45–68.

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