Caymania nitidissima

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

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: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Phileurini
Subtribus: Phileurina
Genus: Caymania
Species: Caymania nitidissima

Name edit

Caymania nitidissima Ratcliffe & Cave, 2010: 11

  • Type locality: Cayman Islands: Little Cayman, BWI, Central Forest.
  • Holotype: BM 1981/342, ♂, Roy Soc-CIG Expdn. 22-7-1975. R. R. Askew.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave, R.D. 2010. The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with a description of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini) from Little Cayman. Insecta mundi, 0139: 1–15. PDF [original description: p. 11]

Links edit

  • Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on Jun 9, 2017]