Contacyphon dilutus

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 dilutus

Name

Contacyphon dilutus (Broun, 1883)

• Holotype: BMNH? Paratypes: none.
• Type locality: Tairua, North Island, New Zealand.

Synonymy

• Cyphon dilutus Broun 1883: 372; Broun 1886: 781 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883); Pic 1914: 31 (catalogue, as Cyphon dilutus Broun, 1886 ); Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue)
  • Contacyphon dilutus — Zwick et al. 2013: 341 (as Contacyphon dilutus (Broun, 1886))

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1883. On the New Zealand Dascyllidae, etc. New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin) 1(8): 367–382. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 341]