Cheirotonus jambar

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: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Euchirini
Genus: Cheirotonus
Species: Cheirotonus jambar

Name

Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984: 74

Type locality: "Ié Forestry Road, Kunigami, N. Okinawa Island"; Japan.

Holotype: NSMT 517SC0161H

Etymology: "from the Latinized spelling of the Okinawan dialect, "Yambaru", which means the terrace-like hills in the northern part of the Island of Okinawa" [Kurosawa, 1984: 78]

References

Primary references

• Kurosawa, Y. 1984. Discovery of a new long-armed scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera) on the island of Okinawa. Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A 10: 73–78. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984 (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab Beetle
日本語: ヤンバルテナガコガネ（山原手長黄金虫）