The first Oriental species of the water scavenger beetle genus Hemisphaera Pandellé, 1876, H. orientalis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Chaetarthriini), is described and illustrated from Guangxi, China. It is the seventh known species of Hemisphaera and the first record of the genus in the Oriental Region.
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1 October 2013
Hemisphaera orientalis New Species, the First Species of Hemisphaera from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Chaetarthriini)
Fenglong Jia,
Martin Fikáček,
Keqing Song
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aquatic beetles
China
Coleoptera
Hemisphaera
Hydrophilidae
new species
Oriental Region