Contacyphon alexriedeli
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Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Contacyphon
Species: Contacyphon alexriedeli
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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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Primary references edit
- Zwick, P. 2014: Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 5. New species of the genera Cyphon (s. str.) and Papuacyphon n. gen. from New Guinea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A), (n.s.) 7: 131-152. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [original description: p. 134, figs. 1, 5, 9–13, 32]