Biology:Helopeltarium

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Helopeltarium
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Dorsal view of Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943
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Helopeltarium

d’Orchymont, 1943
Diversity
1 species

Helopeltarium is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by only one species. It is known only from Myanmar.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus Helopeltarium was described for the first time by Armand d’Orchymont in 1943.[3] The genus is represented by only one species known from two specimens.

Description

Small beetles (2.8 mm), strongly dorsoventrally flattened, orange-brown in coloration; pronotum and elytra laterally explanate. A more complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]

Species

  • Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943 [3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2021-06-18). "The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species". ZooKeys (1045): 1–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 34228772. PMC 8233300. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63810/. 
  2. Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 d’Orchymont, A. (1943). "Palpicornia (Coleoptera) VI". Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire na-turelle de Belgique 19 (60): 1–12. 

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