Ectopria

Ectopria
Dorsal view of Ectopriasp. beetle larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Psephenidae
Subfamily:	Eubriinae
Genus:	Ectopria LeConte, 1853

Ectopria is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about nine described species in Ectopria. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Ectopria:

• Ectopria hsui Lee & Yang, 1994 ^[4]
• Ectopria laticollis Wickham, 1913
• Ectopria leechi Brigham, 1981
• Ectopria nervosa (Melsheimer, 1845)
• Ectopria opaca (Kiesenwetter, 1874) ^[4]
• Ectopria reticulata Champion, 1897
• Ectopria tachikawai (Satô, 1968) ^[4]
• Ectopria vermiculata Champion, 1897

References

1. "Ectopria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Ectopria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Ectopria genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Lee, Chi-Feng; Yang, Ping-Shih (1994). "A Review of the Genus Ectopria Leconte from East Asia, with the Description of a New Species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 48 (4): 381–389. JSTOR   4009053.

Further reading

• Brigham, W. U. (1981). "Ectopria leechi, a new false water penny from the United States (Coleoptera: Eubriidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 57 (1): 313–320. ISSN   0031-0603.
• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Psephenidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.^{[ dead link ]}
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.