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Orectochilus Dejean 1833

Description

Genus Orectochilus Dejean, 1833 (1 sp.)

14— Orectochilus villosus (Müller, 1776)

Gyrinus villosus Müller, 1776:68

TYPE LOCALITY: Denmark.

SYNTYPES: not studied.

DESCRIPTION: Holmen (1987:64).

NEW COMBINATION: Dejean (1833:59).

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: AFR PAL ORI–NV.

REFERENCES: Régimbart (1884); Régimbart (1891); Régimbart (1895); Pic (1909); Ahlwarth (1910); Alfieri (1976); Franciscolo (1979); Angelini (1984); Holmen (1987); Mazzoldi (1995); Kıyak et al. (2006). REMARKS: The Egyptian distribution of O. villosus (Müller, 1776) was not included in the catalogue of Mazzoldi (2003).

Notes

Published as part of Salah, Mohamed & Cueto, Juan Antonio Régil, 2015, An annotated checklist of the aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Egypt III. Noteridae, Haliplidae and Gyrinidae, pp. 187-200 in Zootaxa 4052 (3) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/232303

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Orectochilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Dejean
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Orectochilus Dejean, 1833 sec. Salah & Cueto, 2015

References

  • Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1833) Catalogue des coleopteres de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Livraisons 1 & 2. Mequignon- Marvis, Paris, 176 pp.
  • Muller, O. F. (1776) Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus, seu Animalim Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. Hallageriis, Havnia, xxxii + 282 pp.
  • Holmen, M. (1987) The aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. I. Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae and Noteridae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 20, 1 - 168.
  • Regimbart, M. (1884) Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae, 3 e partie. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (6) 3, 381 - 482 + 4 pls.
  • Regimbart, M. (1891) Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae. 2 e Supplement. 2 planches (18 et 19). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 60, 663 - 752.
  • Regimbart, M. (1895) Revision des Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae d'Afrique, Madagascar et iles voisines. En contribution a la faune entomologique du Congo. Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 4, 1 - 244.
  • Pic, M. (1909) Liste d'Hydrocanthares, Gyrinides et de quelques Palpicornes recueillis en Egypte. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 1 (4), 148 - 152.
  • Ahlwarth, K. (1910) Pars 21. Gyrinidae. In: Schenkling S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Junk, W., Berlin, pp. 1 - 42.
  • Alfieri, A. (1976) The Coleoptera of Egypt. Memoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 5, i - xiii + 1 - 361.
  • Franciscolo, M. E. (1979) Coleoptera, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae. Fauna d'Italia, 14, 1 - 804.
  • Angelini, F. (1984) Catalogo topografico dei Coleoptera Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Dytiscidae e Gyrinidae d'Italia. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, Genova, 61 A (1982), 45 - 126.
  • Mazzoldi, P. (1995) Gyrinidae: Catalogue of Chinese Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). In: Jach M. A. & Ji L. (Eds.), Water beetles of China, Vol. 1. Wien: Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Osterreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, pp. 155 - 172.
  • Mazzoldi, P. (2003) Gyrinidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga. Stenstrup, Apollo Books, pp. 26 - 33.