Alpestriscyphon spurgeon is a species of freshwater diving beetle in the family Scirtidae, first described in 2020 by Chris Watts and others.[1][2] This beetle is only found in the wet tropics of Queensland.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scirtidae |
| Genus: | Alpestriscyphon |
| Species: | A. spurgeon
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| Alpestriscyphon spurgeon Watts, Bradford, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
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References
edit- ^ a b "Species Alpestriscyphon spurgeon Watts, Bradford, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ C H S Watts; T.M. Bradford; S J B Cooper; M L Libonatti (17 August 2020). "New genera, species and combinations in the Pseudomicrocara Armstrong group (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology supported by mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data". Zootaxa. 4831 (1): 1-66 [16, Figs 5, 47, 49]. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4831.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056139. Wikidata Q100555553.
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