Helopeltarium
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| Dorsal view of Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943 | |
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| Genus: | Helopeltarium d’Orchymont, 1943
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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.[1][2]
Taxonomy[edit]
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[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 Girón and Short.[1]
Species[edit]
- Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943 [3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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. PMC 8233300. PMID 34228772.
- ^ Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
- ^ a b 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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