Caymania nitidissima

Taxonavigation

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

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

Primary references

• 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

• 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. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on Jun 9, 2017]