Morimotodes ismene

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: Molytina
Genus: Morimotodes
Species: Morimotodes ismene

Name

• Morimotodes ismene Grebennikov, 2014: 127, figs. 1-5

Type locality: CHINA: Yunnan, E slope N Gaoligongshan, N27°47’22.1 E098°32’17.7, 3027m, sifting20.

Holotype: IZCAS #0928, ♂, 24.v.2010, V. Grebennikov.

Etymology:Latinized Greek mythical name of Ismene, a daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Polynices.

References

• Grebennikov, V.V. 2014. Morimotodes, a new genus for two minute wingless litter species from southwest China and Taiwan with an illustrated overview of Molytina and Plinthina genera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytini). Bonn zoological bulletin 63(2): 123–147. Full article (PDF)Reference page.  [original description: p. 127, figs. 1-5]