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Stenocyphon

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Stenocyphon
Stenocyphon neozealandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scirtidae
Subfamily: Stenocyphoninae
Genus: Stenocyphon
Lawrence, 2001
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Stenocyphon is a genus of marsh beetle belonging to the family Scirtidae. Two species are currently found within the genus, both of which are found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Taxonomy

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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

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References

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  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.