Rhantus gogonensis

Fig 1: Holotype ♀, Rhantus gogonensis, Bhutan: Sha Gogona

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Genus: Rhantus

Name

• Rhantus gogonensis Wewalka, 1975 Wikispecies link

Type localities

• Bhutan: Sha Gogona.

Type material

• Holotype ♀ in Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland.

Diagnosis

A species readily characterized by: base of pronotum narrower than base of elytra; epipleuron black; dorsal colouration appears predominantly reddish (Fig. 1).

Habitat & Distribution

Known from Bhutan: Sha Gogona. Habitat unclear.

Original Description

Wewalka, G., 1975: Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Coleoptera: Fam. Dytiscidae, unter Berücksichtigung einiger Arten aus benachbarten Gebieten. Entomologica Basiliensia 1: 151–165.