Biology:Helopeltarium
From HandWiki
Revision as of 11:39, 24 May 2022 by imported>Jport (add)
Short description: Genus of beetles
| Helopeltarium | |
|---|---|
| |
| Dorsal view of Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
|
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | 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
- ↑ 1.0 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/.
- ↑ Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q110371874 entry
 |  |
