Microplinthus sherpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Molytini
Subtribus: Typoderina
Genus: Microplinthus
Species: Microplinthus sherpa

Name

Microplinthus sherpa Meregalli, 2020: 11

Type locality: Nepal, Khandbari District, “Bakan” W of Tashigaon [=Tashi Gaon, 27°38’N, 87°12’E] 3200 m.

Holotype: CMNC. male ♂. 03.IV.1982. legit A. & Z. Smetana, H. & A. Howden.

References

Primary references

• Meregalli, M. 2020. Revision of the Nepalese genus Microplinthus Zherikhin, 1987 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae), with description of 25 new species. Zootaxa 4794(1): 001–063. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4794.1.1. . Reference page.