Cyphon oscillans

Cyphon oscillans (aedeagus), see fig. 4(E) in Nyholm (2000)

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: Cyphon oscillans

Name

Cyphon oscillans Sharp, 1878

• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Nyholm (2000: 45)
• Secondary types: paralectotypes (6)
• NOTE: one paralectotype represents an undescribed species, misidentified as C. oscillans by Nyholm (1972)

Synonyms

• Cyphon molestus Broun
  • Authority for synonymy: Nyholm, 2000: 66 ('n. syn.')

References

• Broun, T. 1883. On the New Zealand Dascyllidae, etc. New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin) 1(8): 367–382. BHL Reference page. 
• Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nyholm, T. 1972. Zur Morphologie und Funktion des Helodiden-Aedoeagus. Entomologica Scandinavica 3(2): 81–119. DOI: 10.1163/187631272X00193 Reference page. 
• Nyholm, T. 2000. New species, taxonomic notes, and genitalia of New Zealand Cyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). New Zealand Entomologist 22(1): 45–67. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1999.9722054 Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1878. On the Dascillidae of New Zealand. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5), 2: 40–59. DOI: 10.1080/00222937808682380 BHL Reference page.