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Issue: Vol. 5793 No. 1: 15 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5793.1.3
Page range: 61-99
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Neocyphon, a new genus of New World marsh beetles closely related to Contacyphon Gozis (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy; University of Wrocław; Przybyszewskiego 65; 51–148; Wrocław; Poland.
Universidad de Buenos Aires; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental (DBBE); Intendente Güiraldes 2160; Ciudad Universitaria; C1428EGA; Buenos Aires; Argentina.; CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA); Buenos Aires; Argentina.
461 Tiger Hammock Road; Crawfordville; Florida; 32327; U.S.A.
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Lannerstraße 5; D-01219 Dresden; Deutschland.
Coleoptera Scirtinae taxonomy North America South America

Abstract

Neocyphon gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate species previously described in Contacyphon Gozis, 1886: Neocyphon corumbanus (Pic, 1941) comb. nov., Neocyphon guatemalensis (Champion, 1897) comb. nov., and Neocyphon humberti (Pic, 1918) comb. nov., and 10 new species: Neocyphon diiorioi sp. nov. (Brazil, Paraguay), Neocyphon ecuadorensis sp. nov. (Ecuador), Neocyphon guianensis sp. nov. (French Guiana), Neocyphon lojaensis sp. nov. (Ecuador), Neocyphon mesopotamicus sp. nov. (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay), Neocyphon peruvianus sp. nov . (Peru), Neocyphon platensis sp. nov. (Argentina, Uruguay), Neocyphon pseudoplatensis sp. nov. (Argentina), Neocyphon ratzlaffi sp. nov. (The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA), and Neocyphon teresopolisensis sp. nov. (Brazil). Neocyphon is a predominantly Neotropical genus ranging from Florida in the north to central and northern Argentina in the south. Two species groups are distinguished, differing in details of structural anatomy of male and female genitalia.

 

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How to Cite

Ruta, R., Libonatti, M.L., Epler, J.H. & Klausnitzer, B. (2026) Neocyphon, a new genus of New World marsh beetles closely related to Contacyphon Gozis (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Zootaxa, 5793 (1), 61–99. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5793.1.3