Helopeltarium
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Genus of beetles
| Helopeltarium | |
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| Dorsal view of H. ferrugineum | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Genus: | Helopeltarium d’Orchymont, 1943 |
| Species: | H. ferrugineum
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| Binomial name | |
| Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943[1]
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Helopeltarium is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by only one species. It is known only from Myanmar.[2] [3]
Taxonomy
[edit ]The genus Helopeltarium was described for the first time by Armand d’Orchymont in 1943.[1] The genus is represented by only one species known from two specimens.
Description
[edit ]Small beetles (2.8 mm), strongly dorsoventrally flattened, orange-brown in coloration; pronotum and elytra laterally explanate. A more complete diagnosis was presented by Jennifer C. Girón and Andrew Edward Z. Short.[2]
Species
[edit ]- Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d’Orchymont, A. (1943). "Palpicornia (Coleoptera) VI". Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire na-turelle de Belgique. 19 (60): 1–12.
- ^ a b Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (18 June 2021). "The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species". ZooKeys (1045): 1–236. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1045....1G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8233300 . PMID 34228772.
- ^ Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
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