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Nothocyphon pacificus Zwick, 2015, n. sp.

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Nothocyphon pacificus, n. sp.

(Figs. 84, 91)

Type material: 1♂ holotype: NSW New England NP Thungutti Camp 22/11/01 CHS.Watts (SAMA); 1♂ paratype: NSW nr Nungatta Creek 58 88083N 557 20893E 13.2.0 0 \ J&R Miller (SAMA). Habitus. BL 2.4−2.6 mm, BL/BW ~1.7. Very similar to N. isolaeregis and N. amphora. Male. Penis relatively slender, pala waisted, narrow bottleneck, apex strongly widened and shallowly excised. The parameres are longer than the parameroids and slender, inner face with a strong curved tooth (which differs in details of shape between the specimens), outer face long and slender, externally serrate (Fig. 84). Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The adjectival Latin (peaceful) name refers to the relative proximity of the known localities to the Pacific Ocean, but the sites are not coastal.

Notes

Published as part of Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus, pp. 301-359 in Zootaxa 3981 (3) on page 335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/240978

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Nothocyphon
Species
pacificus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Nothocyphon pacificus Zwick, 2015