Pelthydrus

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Pelthydrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Pelthydrus

d'Orchymont, 1919
Diversity
About 65 species
Synonyms
  • GlobipelthydrusSchonmann, 1994

Pelthydrus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hydrophilidae. [1] The genus has primarily Oriental origin and consists with 65 described species. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ "Pelthydrus d'Orchymont, 1919". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ↑ "A new species of Pelthydrus". biotaxa. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Pelthydrus ORCHYMONT, 1919 from Hainan (China) with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 78 265–274 Wien, Juli 2008. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. ↑ Bian, Dongju; Schönmann, Heinrich; Ji, Lanzhu (2009-05-27). "Five new species of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from China and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. 2118: 53–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2118.1.4 . Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  5. ↑ Zhu, Bingyue; Ji, Lanzhu; Bian, Dongju (2018-06-20). "A new species and a new record of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae)". Zootaxa. 4438 (1): 189–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.12. PMID   30313166. S2CID   52976682 . Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  6. ↑ "In memoriam Heinrich A. Schönmann (1948–2017)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 88 281–292 Wien, September 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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