Nyphaeba mimica

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: Cryptorhynchinae
Tribus: Cryptorhynchini
Subtribus: Cryptorhynchina
Genus: Nyphaeba
Species: Nyphaeba mimica

Name

Nyphaeba mimica Riedel, 2017: 382, fig. 3

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Fly River.

Holotype: BMNH, ARC4665, ♂; paralectotype of Pantiala illusa.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin adjective mimicus, -a, -um (acting, imitating) and refers to the superficial resemblance of its habitus and color pattern with Pantiala illusa Pascoe and Trigonopterus oblongus (Pascoe).

References

Riedel, A. 2017. The weevil genera Nyphaeba Pascoe and Pantiala Pascoe and the problems of an unstable nomenclature in orphaned taxa. Zootaxa 4244(3): 377–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.6. Reference page.