Hydroscapha jaechi
| Hydroscapha jaechi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydroscaphidae |
| Genus: | Hydroscapha |
| Species: | H. jaechi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydroscapha jaechi Löbl, 1994
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Hydroscapha jaechi, is a species of skiff beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
[edit]This tiny species has a length of fore body about 0.66 to 0.72 mm. Postero-median projection of the sternite VII is irregular, long and very narrow. Chaetotaxy with two tufts in Sternite V. Posterior margin of the Sternite V is weakly sinuate. In female, Sternite VI is trilobate in shape apically and the lateral margin of lateral lobes is convex. In male, aedeagus is angulate at dorsal face and laterally straight but not gradually narrowing apically.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Short, Andrew Edward Z.; Joly, Luis J.; García, Mauricio; Wild, Alexander L.; Bloom, Devin D.; Maddison, David R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) with description of a remarkable new lineage from the Guiana Shield". Systematic Entomology. 40: 214–229. doi:10.1111/syen.12097. S2CID 82100861. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ a b Ek, Martin Fiká Č; Šípková, Hana (2009-12-31). "New Asian Hydroscapha, With Comments On Male-Female Association Of Co-Occuring [sic] Species (Coleoptera, Myxophaga, Hydroscaphidae)". Zootaxa. 2286: 31–48. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.191255.