Coelostoma vitalisi explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A new record of Coelostoma vitalisi d’Orchymont from Kyushu Island (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). 2021-07-30 . Diversification and systematics of Hydrophilidae.
  2. Web site: 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 . 2021-07-30 . European Journal of Taxonomy . en . 10.5852/ejt.2020.690.
  3. Web site: 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) . 2021-07-30 . Zootaxa . 113 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.8.
  4. Web site: 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) . 2021-07-30 . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 155–162 . 10.37520/aemnp.2020.008.
  5. Web site: Review of the Chinese species of the genus Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) . 2021-07-30 . Zootaxa 3887 (3): 354–376.
  6. Web site: 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) . 2021-07-30 . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 155–162 . 10.37520/aemnp.2020.008.
  7. Web site: Coelostoma vitalisi Orchymont 1923 . 2021-07-30 . www.gbif.org . es.

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