Exocelina weylandensis

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 weylandensis

Name

• Exocelina weylandensis Shaverdo, Hendrich & Balke in Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012: figs 17A–E, 43

Holotype: NHMW, ♂, Trek Nabire-Ilaga, km55, 19- 25.ix.1990, Balke.

Type locality: Indonesia: Papua Province: Nabire/Paniai Regencies, road Nabire-Enarotali, 55th km, 03°29.80'S, 135°43.89'E.

Etymology: Derived from the name of the range, Weyland, at the northern edge of which the type locality is situated. The species 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.