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Cyphon pictus Motschulsky 1858

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Description

Cyphon pictus Motschulsky, 1858: 62

Type material. Syntype, sex unknown: [small red square label]; [small yellow label]; [rectangular red label]; “ Cyphon / pictus Motsch / Mt. Nura El. Ceylon ” [yellow rectangular label, handwritten]; deposited in ZMUM. Syntype (severly damaged), sex unknown: “ Cyphon / pictus Motsch / Mt. Nura El. Ceylon ” [yellow rectangular label, handwritten].

Note. This species belongs to the Melyridae: Rhadalinae, probably Malthacodes Waterhouse. A “variety” described by M. Pic, Cyphon pictus v. ceylonicus Pic is a true scirtid, showing no affinities with Cyphon pictus Motschulsky (author’s unpublished data).

Notes

Published as part of Ruta, Rafał, 2009, Revision of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described by Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky, pp. 26-50 in Zootaxa 2210 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189843

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Motschulsky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Cyphon
Species
pictus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyphon pictus Motschulsky, 1858 sec. Ruta, 2009

References

  • Motschulsky, V. (1858) Insectes des Indes orientales. Etudes entomologiques, 7, 20 - 122.