Coelostoma vitalisi

Coelostoma vitalisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Coelostoma
Species:
C. vitalisi
Binomial name
Coelostoma vitalisi
D`Orchymont, 1923

Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vitalisi, is a species of water scavenger beetle found in China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

Body length is about 4.1 to 4.7 mm. Body oval, and strongly convex. Dorsum blackish whereas labrum black with yellow edges. Elytral surface densely punctate, and sutural stria reaching basal half of elytra. Mesofemora consist with sparse strong setae. Abdominal ventrite V without stout setae. In male, aedeagus has widely angulate apex, large and wide gonopore and parameres bent inwards, with a tuft of setae at the apex.[6] There is a very wide median lobe with a very large subapical gonopore in aedeagus.[7]

References

  1. ^ "A new record of Coelostoma vitalisi d'Orchymont from Kyushu Island (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)". Diversification and systematics of Hydrophilidae. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ^ Sheth, Sayali D.; Ghate, Hemant V.; Fikáček, Martin (2020-07-24). "Review of Coelostoma of the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Part 1: Coelostoma s. str. and Holocoelostoma". European Journal of Taxonomy. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.690. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. ^ Jia, Fenglong; Lin, Renchao; Chan, Eric; Skale, Andre; Fikáček, Martin (2017-02-15). "Two new species of Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 from China and additional faunistic records of the genus from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini)". Zootaxa. p. 113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.8. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. ^ Liu, Hsing-Che; Hu, Fang-Shuo; Fikáček, Martin (2020-03-11). "Review of the genus Coelostoma of Taiwan with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. pp. 155–162. doi:10.37520/aemnp.2020.008. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  5. ^ "Review of the Chinese species of the genus Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 3887 (3): 354–376. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  6. ^ Liu, Hsing-Che; Hu, Fang-Shuo; Fikáček, Martin (2020-03-11). "Review of the genus Coelostoma of Taiwan with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. pp. 155–162. doi:10.37520/aemnp.2020.008. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  7. ^ "Coelostoma vitalisi Orchymont 1923". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-30.


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