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Sternolophus Solier 1834

Description

Genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834

(Figs. 2 D–E, 51B, 60–63, 64D, 65D)

Diagnosis. Larvae of this genus are distinguished from other Japanese Hydrophilini by the following combination of characters: (1) frontal lines V-shaped (Fig. 62A); (2) nasale with distinct teeth (Figs. 60C, 62B); (3) epistomal lobes rounded, projecting as far as or only slightly further than nasale (Figs. 60C, 62B); (4) mandibles symmetrical, with two large and one small inner teeth (Figs. 61 B–C, 63C–D); (5) abdominal segments with rather short setiferous projections on each side (Fig. 51B).

Notes

Published as part of Minoshima, Yûsuke & Hayashi, Masakazu, 2011, Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 1-118 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 51 on page 99, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4272324

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Biodiversity

Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Sternolophus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Solier
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Sternolophus Solier, 1834 sec. Minoshima & Hayashi, 2011