Biology:Sindolus
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| Genus: | Sindolus Sharp, 1882
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Sindolus is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by eight described species, ranging from Mexico to Argentina , and including one species recorded from Antigua in the Lesser Antilles.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Sindolus belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. It was first described by David Sharp in 1882 to accommodate two Central American species.[2] Since 1919 Sindolus was considered a subgenus of the genus Helochares by d’Orchymont [3] and stayed in that category until a molecular-based phylogenetic analysis [4] supported its restitution at the category of genus.
Description
Small to sized beetles (2.5–5.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, moderately to strongly convex in lateral view; yellowish, orange-brown, to brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. The most distinctive characteristic of Sindolus is the presence of a sharp and strongly elevated (laminar) longitudinal carina on the mesoventrite. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]
Habitat
Some species of Sindolus have been collected in stagnant waters at low elevations in dry areas.[1]
Species
- Sindolus femoratus (Brullé, 1841): Argentina , Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul), Colombia [in doubt], French Guiana [in doubt], Antigua.[5]
- Sindolus mesostitialis (Fernández, 1981): Argentina , Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) [6]
- Sindolus mini (Fernández, 1982): Argentina , Paraguay[7]
- Sindolus mundus Sharp, 1882: Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua[2]
- Sindolus optatus Sharp, 1882: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico[2]
- Sindolus spatulatus (Fernández, 1981): Argentina , Paraguay[6]
- Sindolus talarum (Fernández, 1983): Argentina [8]
- Sindolus ventricosus (Bruch, 1915): Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco), Paraguay, Uruguay.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sharp, D. (1882). Fam. Hydrophilidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 1. Part 2. pp. 53–80. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/577106.
- ↑ d’Orchymont, A. (1919). "Contribution à l'étude des sous-familles des Sphaeridiinae et des Hydrophilinae (Col. Hydrophilidae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France 88 (1–2): 105–168. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9486175.
- ↑ Short, Andrew Edward Z.; Girón, Jennifer C.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A. (2021). "Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America" (in en). Systematic Entomology 46 (2): 380–395. doi:10.1111/syen.12467. ISSN 1365-3113. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/syen.12467.
- ↑ Brullé, A. (1841). Famille des Hydrophiliens. In: d'Orbigny A. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, tome sexiéme, 2e partie, Insectes. Paris, France: P. Bertrand. pp. 52–59. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2531016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fernández, L. A. (1981). "Dos especies nuevas del género Helochares (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Limnobios 2: 189–192.
- ↑ Fernández, L. A. (1982). "Cinco especies nuevas del género Helochares (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Physis (Buenos Aires), Secc. B 40: 85–90.
- ↑ Fernández, L. A. (1983). "Helochares (Sindolus) talarum sp. nov., y redescripción de Helochares (Helochares) pallipes (Brullé), con descripción de los estados preimaginales". Limnobios 2: 439–449.
- ↑ Bruch, Carlos (1915). "Nuevas especies de coleópteros hidrofílidos". Revista del Museo de La Plata 19 (2): 447–470. ISSN 2545-6377. https://publicaciones.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/rmlp/article/view/1317.
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