Microcylloepus inaequalis (Sharp, 1882)

Luna-Luna, Alba Magali, Martins, Caleb Califre, Lopez-Perez, Andres, Ramirez-Ponce, Andres & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 301-338 : 301

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.68665

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EDF5CD7-B010-4B6D-B90F-0A6A1200C768

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E4D5E881-60F4-5724-86F4-12AC07A940EB

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scientific name

Microcylloepus inaequalis (Sharp, 1882)
status

 

Microcylloepus inaequalis (Sharp, 1882)

Distribution.

Mexico (Chiapas, Estado de Mexico, Morelos, Veracruz), Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay, Brazil ( Santiago-Fragoso and Spangler 1995; Segura et al. 2013; Jäch et al. 2016). Previous altitudinal records of M. Microcylloepus inaequalis are at 1,463 m and 1,525 m ( Hinton 1940c). Herein, this species was found at all sampled levels (670-1,776 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs, throughout sampling months (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elmidae

Genus

Microcylloepus