Cyphon pictus Motschulsky 1858

Main Author: Ruta, Rafał
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2009
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5691317
Daftar Isi:
  • 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Pic, Cyphon pictus v. ceylonicus Pic is a true scirtid, showing no affinities with Cyphon pictus Motschulsky (author’s unpublished data).
  • 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