Pelthydrus jendeki

Bian, Dongju, Schönmann, Heinrich & Ji, Lanzhu, 2009, Five new species of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from China and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), Zootaxa 2118, pp. 53-64 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188028

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6217990

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pelthydrus jendeki
status

 

Pelthydrus jendeki View in CoL Group

Diagnosis. (Modified from Schönmann 1994): Comparatively large size (3.00– 4.25 mm), body oval and strongly acute in apical portion; distinctly convex, with complete surface shining; color mostly brown to dark black. Head and pronotum covered with dense and regular punctures; punctation of elytra much smaller and sparser than that on head and pronotum. Distal part of aedeagus with pointed construction in most species except Pelthydrus grossus sp. nov. and Pelthydrus subgrossus sp. nov. which have very thick parameres. Median lobe with small corona in all the species of this group.

Distribution. China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Pelthydrus

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