Hydnobius Schmidt, 1841

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2009, Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera, Zootaxa 2102 (1), pp. 1-74 : 11-12

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Hydnobius Schmidt, 1841
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Genus Hydnobius Schmidt, 1841 View in CoL

Hydnobius Schmidt, 1841: 193 View in CoL . Type species: Anisotoma punctatum Stürm, 1807 , designated by Thomson (1859: 58). Diagnosis. Antennal club 5-segmented, interrupted; mandibles moderately elongate, right mandible bidentate apically; labrum deeply emarginate; epistomal suture clearly indicated; eyes weakly or not protuberant; postocular tempora not developed; gular sutures widely separated at base, strongly convergent in basal one-half, moderately to narrowly separated anteriorly, with a suture separating gula and submentum; mesoventrite weakly oblique, not carinate (exception is H. kiseri View in CoL ); mesocoxae separated by mesoventral process; male metafemur with large subapical tooth on posterior margin.

Distribution and diversity. The genus is Holarctic, and known to contain 30 species ( Daffner 1983, Newton 1998, Hoshina & Sunada 2003), including the following Nearctic species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

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Hydnobius Schmidt, 1841

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce 2009
2009
Loc

Hydnobius

Thomson, C. G. 1859: 58
Schmidt, W. L. E. 1841: 193
1841
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