Biology:Helota

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Helota
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Helotidae
Genus: Helota
MacLeay, 1825
Diversity
23 species

Helota is a genus of beetles in the family Helotidae

Description

Etymology

Taxonomy

Species

Helota contains the following species:

  • Helota acutipennis Ritsema, 1914 - China
  • Helota brancuccii Lee, 2008 - Laos, Thailand
  • Helota fairmairei Ritsema, 1889 - Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar
  • Helota feai Ritsema, 1891 - Myanmar, Laos, Thailand
  • Helota fulviventris Kolbe, 1886 - China, Japan, Korea, USSR
  • Helota gemmata Gorham, 1874 - Japan, Korea
  • Helota gorhami Olliff, 1883 - China, South Korea
  • Helota jentinkii Ritsema, 1906 - Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Helota kolbei Ritsema, 1889 - China
  • Helota lesnei Ritsema, 1906 - China
  • Helota longipes Ritsema, 1889 - India, Bhutan, Myanmar
  • Helota mellii Westood, 1848 - [unknown]
  • Helota ohbayashii Lee, 2007 - Thailand, Laos
  • Helota rouyeri Ritsema, 1906 - Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Helota schuhi Lee, 2007 - China
  • Helota scintillans Olliff, 1884 - Indonesia (Java)
  • Helota servillei Hope, 1840 - India, Nepal, Bhutan, China
  • Helota sinensis Olliff, 1883 - China, Vietnam
  • Helota thibetana Westwood, 1842 - China, Nepal, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Vietnam, West Malaysia
  • Helota thoracica Ritsema, 1895 - China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Taiwan
  • Helota vandepolli Ritsema, 1891 - China, India, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (see also Helota lugubris)
  • Helota ventralis Ritsema, 1891 - Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Helota vigorsii MacLeay, 1825 - West Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)

[also see H. vigorsii borneensis Ritsema, 1909 - Borneo]

References

  • Lee, C.-F. 2007: Revision of family Helotidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): I. Gemmata group of genus Helota. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100 (5): 623–639. Full Text:PDF
  • Lee, C.-F. 2008: Revision of family Helotidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) II: The Vigorsii group of genus Helota. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 101 (4): 722–742. Abstract: [1]
  • Lee, C.-F. 2009: Revision of the family Helotidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) III: The Thibetana group and a checklist of Helota MacLeay species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102: 48–59. Full Text: [2]
  • Wegrzynowicz, P. 2007: Systematic position of the genus Tarrodacne Zhang, 1989 (Coleoptera: Helotidae non Erotylidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw), 57: 757–758. Abstract

Wikidata ☰ Q18605958 entry