Contacyphon mobuloides

Taxonavigation

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 mobuloides

Name

Contacyphon mobuloides (Zwick, 2013: 177)

• Type locality: AUSTRALIA: Jardine R. xing 29 km S Bamaga [10° 53.708’ S 142° 22.958’ E] N.Q.
• Holotype: ANIC, ♂, 28.Aug.-5.Sep.1985 E.N.Marks coll. ex light trap.
• Etymology: The name emphasizes the great similarity with C. mobula.

Synonymy

• Cyphon mobuloides Zwick, 2013: 177
  • Contacyphon mobuloides Zwick et al., 2013: 344

References

Primary references

• Zwick, P. 2013: Australian marsh beetles. 3. A restricted concept of genus Cyphon, Australian species of Cyphon s. str., and the new Australasian genus Nanocyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Genus 24(2): 163-189. full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 177, figs. 4, 14−18, 21]
• Zwick, P., Klausnitzer, B. & Ruta, R. 2013. Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) to accommodate species so far combined with the invalid name, Cyphon Paykull, 1799. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 109: 337–353. Reference page.  [conb. nov.: p. 344]