Contacyphon alexriedeli

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: Contacyphon
Species: Contacyphon alexriedeli

Name

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Contacyphon alexriedeli (Zwick, 2014: 134)

  • Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Eipomek-Langda, Oranje-Mts. [139°39′E, 4°30′S: Gazetteer “Papua Insects Foundation”], 3500 m.
  • Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 23.–24.VIII.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
  • Etymology: The species is named in honour of ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Karlsruhe), specialist of Curculionidae, who collected abundant material of Scirtidae in Irian Jaya, mainly by sweeping and beating vegetation.

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