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- Title
A review of the genus Cryptopleurum from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).
- Authors
JIA, Fenglong; Ruijuan ZHANG
- Abstract
Species of the genus Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 1844 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini) occurring in China are revised. Five species are reported, three of which are reported from China for the first time: C. coomani d'Orchymont, 1926 from Guangdong, C. sulcatum Motschulsky, 1863 from Hainan and Yunnan, and C. ferrugineum Motschulsky, 1863 from Guangdong. Cryptopleurum minutum (Fabricius, 1775) is reported for the first time from Qinghai and Gansu, C. subtile Sharp, 1884 from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Shanxi and Yunnan. Diagnosis of each species and a key to all Chinese species of Cryptopleurum are provided.
- Subjects
HYDROPHILIDAE; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of insects; SPECIES distribution; PALEARCTIC; SCIENTIFIC discoveries
- Publication
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 2017, Vol 57, Issue 2, p577
- ISSN
0374-1036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/aemnp-2017-0090