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Helopeltarium

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Helopeltarium
Dorsal view of H. ferrugineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Helopeltarium
d’Orchymont, 1943
Species:
H. ferrugineum
Binomial name
Helopeltarium ferrugineum
d’Orchymont, 1943[1]

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

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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

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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

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  • Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d’Orchymont, A. (1943). "Palpicornia (Coleoptera) VI". Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire na-turelle de Belgique. 19 (60): 1–12.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.