Morimotodes polynices

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 polynices

Name

• Morimotodes polynices Grebennikov, 2014: 131, fig. 4

Type locality: TAIWAN: Kaohsiung Hs. Rd. Abv. Tona For. Sta. Km16–17, 1700–1800m.

Holotype: FIOCRUZ-CMN #5949, ♂, 28.V.1998, A.Smetana (T190).

Etymology: Latinized Greek mythical name of Polynices, the son of Oedipus and Jocasta, as well as a grandson of Jocasta.

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. 131, fig. 4]