Hydrocassis anhuiensis Ji & Schodl 1998
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- 1. Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China; emails: fenglongjia @ yahoo. com. cn, topzs @ yahoo. com. cn & Corresponding author
- 2. Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China; emails: fenglongjia @ yahoo. com. cn, topzs @ yahoo. com. cn
Description
Hydrocassis anhuiensis Ji & Schödl, 1998
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Material examined. CHINA: JIANGXI: 2 JJ (SYSU), 1 J 2 ♀♀ (IZCAS): Jinggangshan, Jingzhushan, 910 m, 25.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.
Distribution. China (Anhui, Jiangxi) (JI & SCHÖDL 1998).
Remark. Hydrocassis taiwana Satô, 1971 was first described by SATÔ (1971) based on one male and one female from Mt. Daibu-san (Tawushan), Taiwan. It is considered an endemic species to Taiwan because there has not been any reports of the species outside Taiwan until now. JI & SCHÖDL (1998) described the species H. anhuiensis based on specimens from Huangshan (Anhui province) and Jiulingshan (Jiangxi province) which was supposed as very similar to H. taiwana. According to JI & SCHÖDL (1998), the characters to distinguish A. anhuiensis from A. taiwana are as follows: more subcircular body outline (EI 1.12-1.15 in H. anhuiensis, EI 1.19 in H. taiwana), elytral striae distinctly more deeply impressed, and the morphology of the aedeagus. However, we were not able to find any difference between the two species based on the figures of the aedeagus provided by JI & SCHÖDL (1998). The second author examined and measured the paratypes of H. anhuiensis. Based on these studies, it seems that there is no difference between H. taiwana and H. anhuiensis and the slight difference of elytral index (EI) is not enough to separate them. The two species are therefore probably conspecific. Here, we treated the specimens from Jinggangshan as H. anhuiensis.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Hydrophilidae
- Genus
- Hydrocassis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ji & Schodl
- Species
- anhuiensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hydrocassis anhuiensis Ji, 1998 sec. Jia & Zhao, 2013
References
- JI L. & SCHODL S. 1998: Hydrophilidae: Faunistic notes on Hydrocassis Deyrolle & Fairmaire and Ametor Semenov, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera). Pp. 207 - 218. In: JACH M. A. & JI L. (eds.): Water Beetles of China, Vol. 2. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Osterreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, Wien, 371 pp.
- SATO M. 1971: Description of a new Hydrocassis-species from Formosa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Transactions of the Shikou Entomological Society 11 (2): 35 - 36.