Nyphaeba mimica

Nyphaeba mimica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea
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 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.

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