Published November 5, 2025 | Version v1
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Metahelotella Kirejtshuk 2000

  • 1. College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
  • 2. Daxuecheng North Road, Chongqing 400053, China

Description

Genus

MetahelotellaKirejtshuk, 2000

Metahelotella Kirejtshuk, 2000: 30.

Type species.

Helota semifulva Ritsema, 1881: 80, by original designation.

Notes

Published as part of Huang, Yu-Zhou & Gu, Tian-Xuan, 2025, Taxonomic notes on the little-known genus Metahelotella Kirejtshuk (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Helotidae) from southwestern China, with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 189-198 in ZooKeys 1258 on pages 189-198, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1258.171034

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kirejtshuk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Helotidae
Genus
Metahelotella
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Metahelotella Kirejtshuk, 2000 sec. Huang & Gu, 2025

References

  • Kirejtshuk AG (2000) On origin and early evolution of the superfamily Cucujoidea (Coleoptera, Polyphaga). Comments on the family Helotidae. The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette 8 (1): 8-38.
  • Ritsema C (1881) Two new species of the coleopterous genus Helota, Mac Leay. Notes from the Leyden Museum 3: 79-81. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/508897