Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae)
Author
Gustafson, Grey T
Author
Miller, Kelly B
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2017
2017-09-30
181
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http://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/181/1/118/3078533/Systematics-and-evolution-of-the-whirligig-beetle
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw014
0024-4082
14805073
GENUS
MESODINEUTES
†
PONOMARENKO
, 1977
(
FIGS
. 6E
)
Type
species:
Mesodineutes amurensis
Ponomarenko, 1977
Diagnosis:
Within the tribe
Dineutini
,
Mesodineutes
can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: (1) elytral striae present as punctures, (2) elytral apex rounded, without apicolateral sinuation or other modification, (3) metaventrite medially triangular in shape (
Fig. 6E
) and broad and (4) metacoxal process without border posterolaterally (
Fig. 6E
).