Sindolus

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Sindolus
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Dorsal view of Sindolus optatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Subfamily:
Acidocerinae
Genus:
Sindolus

Sharp, 1882
Diversity
8 species

Sindolus is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by eight described species, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, and including one species recorded from Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. [1]

Contents

Taxonomy

The genus Sindolus belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. It was first described by David Sharp in 1882 to accommodate two Central American species. [2] Since 1919 Sindolus was considered a subgenus of the genus Helochares by d’Orchymont [3] and stayed in that category until a molecular-based phylogenetic analysis [4] supported its restitution at the category of genus.

Description

Small to sized beetles (2.5–5.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, moderately to strongly convex in lateral view; yellowish, orange-brown, to brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. The most distinctive characteristic of Sindolus is the presence of a sharp and strongly elevated (laminar) longitudinal carina on the mesoventrite. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short. [1]

Habitat

Some species of Sindolus have been collected in stagnant waters at low elevations in dry areas. [1]

Species

  1. Sindolus femoratus(Brullé, 1841): Argentina, Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul), Colombia [in doubt], French Guiana [in doubt], Antigua. [5]
  2. Sindolus mesostitialis(Fernández, 1981): Argentina, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) [6]
  3. Sindolus mini(Fernández, 1982): Argentina, Paraguay [7]
  4. Sindolus mundusSharp, 1882: Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua [2]
  5. Sindolus optatusSharp, 1882: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico [2]
  6. Sindolus spatulatus(Fernández, 1981): Argentina, Paraguay [6]
  7. Sindolus talarum(Fernández, 1983): Argentina [8]
  8. Sindolus ventricosus(Bruch, 1915): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco), Paraguay, Uruguay. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2021-06-18). "The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species". ZooKeys (1045): 1–236. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   8233300 . PMID   34228772.
  2. 1 2 3 Sharp, D. (1882). Fam. Hydrophilidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 1. Part 2. pp. 53–80.
  3. ↑ d’Orchymont, A. (1919). "Contribution à l'étude des sous-familles des Sphaeridiinae et des Hydrophilinae (Col. Hydrophilidae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 88 (1–2): 105–168.
  4. ↑ Short, Andrew Edward Z.; Girón, Jennifer C.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A. (2021). "Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America". Systematic Entomology. 46 (2): 380–395. doi:10.1111/syen.12467. ISSN   1365-3113. S2CID   232264478.
  5. ↑ Brullé, A. (1841). Famille des Hydrophiliens. In: d'Orbigny A. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, tome sexiéme, 2e partie, Insectes. Paris, France: P. Bertrand. pp. 52–59.
  6. 1 2 Fernández, L. A. (1981). "Dos especies nuevas del género Helochares (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Limnobios. 2: 189–192.
  7. ↑ Fernández, L. A. (1982). "Cinco especies nuevas del género Helochares (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Physis (Buenos Aires), Secc. B. 40: 85–90.
  8. ↑ Fernández, L. A. (1983). "Helochares (Sindolus) talarum sp. nov., y redescripción de Helochares (Helochares) pallipes (Brullé), con descripción de los estados preimaginales". Limnobios. 2: 439–449.
  9. ↑ Bruch, Carlos (1915). "Nuevas especies de coleópteros hidrofílidos". Revista del Museo de La Plata. 19 (2): 447–470. ISSN   2545-6377.
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