Stenocyphon

Stenocyphon
Stenocyphon neozealandicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Scirtidae
Subfamily:	Stenocyphoninae Lawrence & Yoshitomi, 2007
Genus:	Stenocyphon Lawrence, 2001
Species [1]
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Stenocyphon is a genus of marsh beetle belonging to the family Scirtidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Stenocyphoninae. Two species are currently found within the genus, both of which are found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Taxonomy

The genus was first identified by John F. Lawrence in 2001, who described a new species of marsh beetle native to inland Chile. ^[2] The genus was monotypic until 2011, when a new species native to New Zealand, S. neozealandicus , was described by Rafał Ruta, Stephen Ernest Thorpe and Hiroyuki Yoshitomi. ^[3] Undescribed members of this genus are also present in Australia. ^[4]

Species

• Stenocyphon neozealandicus Ruta, Thorpe & Yoshitomi, 2011
• Stenocyphon sasajii Lawrence, 2001

References

1. "Stenocyphon Lawrence, 2001". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. Lawrence, J.F. (2001). "A new genus of Valdivian Scirtidae (Coleoptera) with comments on Scirtoidea and the beetle suborders". Special Publications of the Japan Coleopterological Society Osaka. 1: 351–361.
3. Ruta, Rafał; Thorpe, Stephen; Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki (29 November 2011). "Stenocyphon neozealandicus, a new species from New Zealand of a previously monotypic subfamily from Chile (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Stenocyphoninae)". Zootaxa . 3113 (1): 65–68. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3113.1.4. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q129806544.
4. María Laura Libonatti; Rafał Ruta (3 October 2013). "Review of the Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)". Zootaxa . 3718 (2): 137–157. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3718.2.3. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26258215. Wikidata   Q29467419.