Cyclocephala nodanotherwon

Cyclocephala nodanotherwon is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the scarab family. It has only been found in Amazonas, Brazil. Brett C. Ratcliffe described and named the species in 1992.

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

Taxonomic history and etymology

Brett C. Ratcliffe, an entomologist at the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM), formally named and described this species, along with eight other Brazilian Cyclocephala species, in a 1992 paper. He based his description of C. nodanotherwon on three specimens, collected from 1980 to 1981 by Robin Best of the National Institute of Amazonian Research. The male holotype and female allotype were both deposited in the UNSM.[1]

The specific name, nodanotherwon, is 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 Radcliffe wrote his description of C. nodanotherwon.[6][7]

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

Distribution

The type locality, where all three specimens in the initial description were collected, is Lago Anamã, in the Brazilian state of 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.[10]

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References
  1. 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. ITIS. Species 2000. Retrieved 18 November 2017.CS1 maint: others (link)
  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. Grossi, Paschoal C.; Santos, Mariana D.; Almeida, Lúcia M. (2016). "Two new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil". Zootaxa. 4078 (1): 245. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.22.
  5. Ratcliffe, Brett C.; Cave, Ronald D. (2009). "New Species of Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Guatemala (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 63 (3): 325. doi:10.1649/1171.1. JSTOR 40389446. PMC 4212850.
  6. Endrődi, S. (1985). The Dynastinae of the World. Series Entomologica. 28. Dordrecht: Dr W. Junk. pp. 28–148, 730–738. ISBN 978-90-6193-138-6.
  7. Ratcliffe, Brett C. (1989). "Corrections and Clarifications to Endrödi's The Dynastinae of the World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (3): 275–278. JSTOR 4008584.
  8. Watson, Hans (May 2005). "Are they serious?". The Norfolk Natterjack. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society. 89: 2.
  9. Мурашев, Т. И. (2007). Языковая игра в биологической номенклатуре. Вестник Новгородского государственного университета (in Russian). 41: 59. ISSN 2076-8052.
  10. Joly, Luis José (2005). "Una nueva especie de Cyclocephala Latreille de la Amazonia Venezolana (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini)" [A new species of Cyclocephala Latreille from the Venezuelan Amazonia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini)]. Entomotropica (in Spanish). 20 (1): 1–5. ISSN 1317-5262. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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