Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea 

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: Scirtiformia
Superfamilia: Scirtoidea

Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Nanocyphon
Species: N. australicus – N. intricatus – N. papuanus – N. pumilus – N. riedeli – N. tardus

Name

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  • Nanocyphon Zwick, 2013: 179
  • Etymology: The name alludes to the small size of the included species, based on Latin nanus, very small.

Primary references

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  • Zwick, P. 2013: Australian marsh beetles. 3. A restricted concept of genus Cyphon, Australian species of Cyphon s. str., and the new Australasian genus Nanocyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Genus 24(2): 163-189. full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 179]