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Microdytes elgae Hendrich, Balke & Wewalka

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Microdytes elgae Hendrich, Balke & Wewalka

Microdytes elgae Hendrich, Balke & Wewalka in: Hendrich & Balke 1995:42; Biström, Nilsson & Wewalka 1997: 75; Wewalka 1997: 23; Nilsson 2001: 228; Nilsson 2003: 75.

Material examined: 1 ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, 3.6 km NW of Bhalukpong, 27°01’57”N, 92°36’24”E, 280 m, 7.v.2008, M. Fikáček, H. Podskalská & P. Šípek leg., J. Hájek det. (NMPC). Variation. Specimens from different regions vary significantly in the strength of elytral punctation. Future studies have to proof if the different morpha belong to a single species.

Distribution. Indonesia: Bali, Lombok, Borneo; Singapore; Malaysia; Bhutan; India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record) (Fig. 13).

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Published as part of Miller, Kelly B. & Wewalka, Günther, 2010, Microdytes Balfour-Browne of India with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), pp. 26-36 in Zootaxa 2420 on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204746

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Biodiversity

Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Microdytes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hendrich, Balke & Wewalka
Species
elgae
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. (1995) Die Schwimmkafer der Sunda-Insel Bali: Faunistik, Taxonomie, Okologie, Besiedlungsgeschichte und Beschreibung von vier neuen Arten (Coleoptera, Dyticidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen des staatlichen Museums fur Tierkunde Dresden, 20 (5), 29 - 56.
  • Bistrom, O., Nilsson, A. & Wewalka, G. (1997) A systematic review of the tribes Hyphydrini Sharp and Pachydrini n. trib. (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entomologica Fennica, 8, 57 - 82.
  • Nilsson, A. N. (2001) Dytisciae - in: World Catalogue of Insects, 3, 1 - 395.
  • Miller, K. B. & Nilsson, A. N. (2003) Homology and terminology: Communicating information about rotated structures in water beetles. Latissimus, 17, 1 - 4.