Original name: Cisseis viridiaurea Macleay, 1872

Scientific name: Diphucrania impressicollis
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Cisseis viridiaurea - Syntype frontal Click to enlarge image
K.594237 Cisseis viridiaurea Syntype frontal Image: Natalie Tees
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Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Diphucrania
    Species
    impressicollis
    Class
    Insecta
    Phylum
    Arthropoda
    Kingdom
    Animalia

Discover images of Cisseis viridiaurea Macleay, 1872.

The specimen is a syntype; each specimen of a type series (of equal rank) when no holotype or lectotype has been named.

The reason a type specimen can have both an original and a current name, involves changes in scientific understanding of a species and redefining of their taxonomy.

These images were created as part of the Australian Museum Collection Enhancement Project (CEP).