A new species and a new record of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae)
Author
Zhu, Bingyue
Author
Ji, Lanzhu
Author
Bian, Dongju
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-20
4438
1
189
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journal article
29846
10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.12
21b9288c-7301-4b31-9fe1-6397eef9709f
1175-5326
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Pelthydrus sculpturatus
group
Diagnosis.
(Modified from
Schönmann 1995
): median size (
2–3 mm
), body oval to broadly oval, slightly convex, with complete surface shiny; color dark brown to black. Eyes small; surface of head and pronotum microreticulate. Lateral margins of pronotum slightly converging towards anterior angles; posterior corners rounded; surface densely covered with ground punctures; Elytral surface smooth, irregular median-sized punctures rough, evenly distributed, forming striae on both sides of elytra. Mesoventrite elevated posteriorly producing a triangular plate which with a median longitudinal carina; metaventrite progressively elevated towards posterior part of plate, with a cordiform, shiny, and glabrous area posteriorly.
Distribution.
China
,
Thailand
,
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
.