Nanocyphon

Taxonavigation

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

• Nanocyphon Zwick, 2013: 179

• Type species: Nanocyphon australicus Zwick, 2013; gender: masculine.

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

Primary references

• 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]