Sinaspidytes Explained

Sinaspidytes is a genus of aquatic beetles in Aspidytidae, first recorded in 2003 from specimens in the Shaanxi province, China. It is monotypic, with the only species being Sinaspidytes wrasei.^[1] Originally this species was placed in the genus Aspidytes with a second species from South Africa, but was later transferred to Sinaspidytes.^[2] The genus contains the single species S. wrasei.^[3] The aquatic beetle is 4.8 - 5.2 mm long and lives in hygropetric habitats.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Ribera. I.. Beutel. R. G.. Balke. M.. Vogler. A. P.. 2002-11-22. Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 269. 1507. 2351–2356. 10.1098/rspb.2002.2157. 12495503 . 1691161 . 0962-8452.
2. Toussaint. Emmanuel F. A.. Beutel. Rolf G.. Morinière. Jérôme. Jia. Fenglong. Xu. Shengquan. Michat. Mariano C.. Zhou. Xin. Bilton. David T.. Ribera. Ignacio. Hájek. Jiří. Balke. Michael. 2015-09-17. Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176. 3. 537–546. 10.1111/zoj.12332. 0024-4082. 11336/60381. free.
3. Baca. Stephen M.. Gustafson. Grey T.. Alexander. Alana M.. Gough. Harlan M.. Toussaint. Emmanuel F. A.. 2021-07-26. Integrative phylogenomics reveals a Permian origin of Adephaga beetles. Systematic Entomology. 46. 4. 968–990. 10.1111/syen.12506. 2021SysEn..46..968B . 237486703 . 0307-6970.
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5. Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Ribera, I. (2016) 7.7. Aspidytidae Ribera,Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002. In: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.): Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta. Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. pp. 141-149.