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Taxonomy
Cypoides viethangae Eitschberger & Nguyen, 2017
Nomenclature
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Tribe: "Cypa genus-group"Genus: Cypoides
Species:
Cypoides viethangae Eitschberger & Nguyen, 2017
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Vietnam: Lao Cai, Sa Pa, Ta Phin vill., 1460m, 22°23.37’N 103°49.43’E, iv.2017 (H.B. Nguyen) (GP 5949) [coll. Eitschberger].
Taxonomic Notes:
Analysis of DNA barcodes suggests that Cypoides viethangae is closely related to, if not synonymous with, Cypoides parachinensis. However, the only currently available sequence is a short sequence of 283bp and the morphology of the two taxa appears to differ slightly, so further study is required.