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Issue: Vol. 3382 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3382.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 5

Ancyronyx jaechi sp.n. from Sri Lanka, the first record of the genus Ancyronyx Erichson, 1847 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from the Indian Subcontinent, and a world checklist of species

Ateneo de Manila University, Biology Department, School of Science & Engineering, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1101, the Philippines & Senckenberg Museum of Zoology, Koenigsbruecker Landstraße 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany
Coleoptera taxonomy Spider Water Beetle Ceylon Ancyronyx jaechi

Abstract

Ancyronyx jaechi sp. n. from Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka is described. The new species is rec-ognized by a unique combination of the elytral colour pattern, as well as the shape and size of the male sternite IX, theaedeagus, the female ovipositor, and the secondary sexual characters. An updated world checklist of the species of Ancy-ronyx Erichson, 1847 including authority clarification for A. montanus Freitag & Balke, 2011 is provided. The distributional area of the genus and its diagnostic characters are discussed. The habitats of Ancyronyx species are briefly discussed.

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