A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)

Abstract. A new species of the genus Elocomosta Hansen, 1989 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini), Elocomosta lilizheni sp. n., is described from Guangxi Province, China. It is compared in detail with the only other known species of the genus, Elocomosta nigra Hansen, 1989 from...

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Autores principales: Lin, Renchao, Jia, Fenglong, Fikáček, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551232
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.7142
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description Abstract. A new species of the genus Elocomosta Hansen, 1989 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini), Elocomosta lilizheni sp. n., is described from Guangxi Province, China. It is compared in detail with the only other known species of the genus, Elocomosta nigra Hansen, 1989 from Borneo, and the genus is diagnosed from the remaining coelostomatine genera. The new species is unusual among Hydrophilidae by having extremely reduced eyes.
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spelling pubmed-49780282016-08-22 A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) Lin, Renchao Jia, Fenglong Fikáček, Martin Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new species of the genus Elocomosta Hansen, 1989 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini), Elocomosta lilizheni sp. n., is described from Guangxi Province, China. It is compared in detail with the only other known species of the genus, Elocomosta nigra Hansen, 1989 from Borneo, and the genus is diagnosed from the remaining coelostomatine genera. The new species is unusual among Hydrophilidae by having extremely reduced eyes. Pensoft Publishers 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4978028/ /pubmed/27551232 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.7142 Text en Renchao Lin, Fenglong Jia, Martin Fikáček http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Lin, Renchao
Jia, Fenglong
Fikáček, Martin
A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title_full A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title_fullStr A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title_full_unstemmed A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title_short A review of Elocomosta Hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
title_sort review of elocomosta hansen with a description of a new species with reduced eyes from china (coleoptera, hydrophilidae, sphaeridiinae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551232
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.7142
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