Taxonomic notes on Chinese Cercyon: description of a new species, new synonyms, and additional faunistic records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
Author
Jia, Feng-Long
Author
Fikáček, Martin
Author
Ryndevich, Sergey K.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3090
41
56
journal article
46052
10.5281/zenodo.279052
9dcb4acc-75b3-4357-ac26-71cc6ddf6585
1175-5326
279052
Armostus amplelevatus
(
Jia, 1995
)
,
comb. nov.
Cercyon amplelevatus
Jia,
1995
in
Jia
et al.
1995
: 130
.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
: 3 (
SYSU
), Guangzhou,
viii-1938
, lgt. Zhelong Pu.
Paratypes
: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, same data as
holotype
(
SYSU
).
Comments.
The species bears all characters diagnostic for
Armostus
listed by
Hansen (1991)
and
Hoshina & Satô (2006)
, and we therefore transfer the species from
Cercyon
to
Armostus
.