Amarodytes soekhnandanae
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Dytiscidae
Genus: Amarodytes
Name
Amarodytes soekhnandanae (Makhan, 1994) comb. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Hydrodessus soekhnandanae Makhan, 1994: 117; Nilsson 2001[1]: 236.
Type locality
Suriname, Brokopondo District, Brownsweg.
Discussion
This species was described by Makhan (1994)[2] from a series from Suriname. Based on examination of the holotype, the species clearly does not belong to Hydrodessus since specimens have a distinctive pair of basal pronotal striae. As described by Makhan (1994)[2], specimens have the pronotum with the “…base with two strongly incurvate plicae,” which are present in no other Hydrodessus. In fact, absence of these striae, or plicae, is one of the primary diagnostic features for the genus (Balfour-Browne 1953[3]; Biström 1988[4]; Young 1967[5]; 1970[6]), an important detail seemingly overlooked by Makhan (1994)[2]. Presence of these curved striae with simultaneous absence of basal elytral striae along with the coloration, lack of modified anterior clypeal margins, and other features, strongly suggest the species belongs to Amarodytes Régimbart, and it is transferred to that genus here (comb. n.). Amarodytes has not been revised, and there are numerous described species. It is possible the species is a junior synonym of another Amarodytes species.
Type specimen
Holotype: ♂ in RMNH labeled, “Suriname District Brokopondo Brownsweg 7.8.1984 leg. D.Makhan/ Hydrodessus soekhnandanae det. D. Makhan 1994[2]/ Holotype [red label].”
Taxon Treatment
- Miller, K; 2016: Revision of the Neotropical diving beetle genus Hydrodessus J. Balfour-Browne, 1953 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini) ZooKeys, (580): 45-124. doi
Other References
- ↑ Nilsson A (2001) Dytiscidae. World Catalogue of Insects. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 395 pp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Makhan D (1994) Three new Hydrodessus from Surinam (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Entomologische Berichten Amst 54: 117–119.
- ↑ Balfour-Browne J (1953) Hydrodessus gen. n. Hydroporinarum (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Series B) 22: 55–56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1953.tb00056.x
- ↑ Biström O (1988) Generic review of the Bidessini (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 184: 1–41.
- ↑ Young F (1967) A key to the genera of American bidessine water beetles, with descriptions of three new genera (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 21: 75–84.
- ↑ Young F (1970) Two new species of Hydrodessus from Suriname, with a key to the known species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen, Utrecht 60: 152–158.
