Cyphon poecilopterus

Cyphon poecilopterus (aedeagus), see fig. 8 (G, H) 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 poecilopterus

Name

Cyphon poecilopterus Nyholm, 2000

• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type locality: 'New Zealand AK/ Lynfield W B' - Nyholm (2000: 63)
  • Note: "W B" almost certainly stands for Wattle Bay
• Secondary types: paratypes (13)
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: 7 [adult] females, 6 [adult] males
    • Note: there is some inconsistency regarding the number of females and males in the paratype series
  • Repositories: BMNH (1 female), NZAC (6 females, 6 males)

[source: Nyholm (2000: 62–63)]

References

Primary references

• 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.