Contacyphon alexriedeli
Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamilia: Scirtinae
Genus: Contacyphon
Species: Contacyphon alexriedeli
Name
Contacyphon alexriedeli (Zwick, 2014: 134)
- Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Eipomek-Langda, Oranje-Mts. [139°39′E, 4°30′S: Gazetteer “Papua Insects Foundation”], 3500 m.
- Holotype: SMNS, ♂, 23.–24.VIII.1992, leg. A. RIEDEL.
- Etymology: The species is named in honour of ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Karlsruhe), specialist of Curculionidae, who collected abundant material of Scirtidae in Irian Jaya, mainly by sweeping and beating vegetation.
References
Primary references
- Zwick, P. 2014: Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 5. New species of the genera Cyphon (s. str.) and Papuacyphon n. gen. from New Guinea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A), (n.s.) 7: 131-152. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [original description: p. 134, figs. 1, 5, 9–13, 32]
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