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Niphadomimus niger Zherikhin 1987

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Niphadomimus niger Zherikhin, 1987

niger Zherikhin, 1987 (Niphadomimus)

Zherikhin, 1987: 18 (description)

Type locality. Nepal, Ramechap [sic] Dist., between Jiri and Shivalaya, 2500– 1800 m.

Type specimens. Holotype (not studied) originally cited as male and not dissected (SMNS). Described from the holotype.

Material examined. None.

Diagnostic description. As noted in the original description, this species is black in colour, subglobular in shape, and has non-tuberculate elytra, which are not markedly narrowed in their lateral outline before apices.

Distribution. Ramechhap District in Eastern Nepal. Elevation: 1800–2500 m.

Notes

Published as part of Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2014, DNA barcode and phylogeography of six new high altitude wingless Niphadomimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from Southwest China, pp. 151-173 in Zootaxa 3838 (2) on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4921799

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SMNS
Scientific name authorship
Zherikhin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Niphadomimus
Species
niger
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Niphadomimus niger Zherikhin, 1987 sec. Grebennikov, 2014

References

  • Zherikhin, V. V. (1987) Curculionidae from the Nepal Himalayas. Part 1. Molytinae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie), 411, 1 - 43.