Cyclocephala nodanotherwon

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Cyclocephala nodanotherwon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Cyclocephala
Species:
C. nodanotherwon
Binomial name
Cyclocephala nodanotherwon
Ratcliffe, 1992[1][2]

Cyclocephala nodanotherwon is a species of

Amazonas, Brazil
. Brett C. Ratcliffe described and named the species in 1992.

Taxonomic history and etymology

Brett C. Ratcliffe, an entomologist at the

allotype were both deposited in the UNSM.[1]

The

wordplay referring to the English phrase "not another one".[3] Ratcliffe's description listed its etymology as "the result of an arbitrary combination of letters", but that it resulted in "a species name not inappropriate in such a large genus".[1] Cyclocephala is the largest genus in the subfamily Dynastinae,[4] with approximately 350 described species as of 2009;[5] at least 240 Cyclocephala species had already been described by the time Ratcliffe wrote his description of C. nodanotherwon.[6][7]

Various lists of humorous taxon names have included this species name as an example.[8][9][10]

Distribution

The

Amazonas about 160 km (99 mi) west-southwest of Manaus.[1]

Description

Their body is reddish-brown and leather-like, with triangular black marks near their eyes. Their

antennae consist of ten segments. The males are 15.6–16.2 mm (0.61–0.64 in) long and 7.9–8.2 mm (0.31–0.32 in) wide; the female is 15.8 mm (0.62 in) long and 7.9 mm (0.31 in) wide.[1] It is similar in appearance to C. gravis, C. munda,[1] and C. divaricata.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ratcliffe, Brett C. (1992). "New Species and Country Records of Brazilian Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 135 (1): 184.
  2. ^ "Cyclocephala nodanotherwon Ratcliffe, 1992". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ^ Mantle, Beth (18 January 2012). "Beyoncé is a fly ... but why?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.22
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  5. PMC 4212850
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  6. ISBN 978-90-6193-138-6
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  7. JSTOR 4008584
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  8. ^ Watson, Hans (May 2005). "Are they serious?". The Norfolk Natterjack. 89. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society: 2.
  9. ISSN 2076-8052
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  10. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1754482
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  11. ISSN 1317-5262. Archived from the original
    on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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