Papuacyphon mordax

Taxonavigation

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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

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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).

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