Exocelina waigeoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina waigeoensis

Name

• Exocelina waigeoensis Shaverdo, Hendrich & Balke in Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012: figs 2A–E, 28

Holotype: BMNH, ♂, vi.1938. L.E.Cheesman, B.M.1938-593.

Type locality: Indonesia: West Papua Province: Raja Ampat Regency, Waigeo Island, Mountain Nok.

Etymology: The species is named in reference to its distribution: Waigeo Island. The name is an adjective in the nominative singular.

References

• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page.