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Cyrtonion Hansen 1989

Description

Key to Cyrtonion species

1a. Median lobe of the aedeagus rounded apically. Aedeagus and median lobe rather wide (Fig. 1). .............................................................................................. C. moto sp. nov.

1b. Median lobe of the aedeagus pointed apically.Aedeagus and median lobe narrower (see FIKÁČEK 2006, Fig. 17). ............................................................................................... 2

2a. Lateral margins of the apical part of the median lobe straight, apex more sharply pointed (Fig. 3). ............................................................................... C. ghanense Hansen, 1989

2b. Lateral margins of the apical part concave, apex more obtuse (Fig. 4). ........................ ................................................................................. C. sculpticolle (Régimbart, 1907)

Notes

Published as part of Fikáček, Martin, 2008, A new species of the genus Cyrtonion (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 27-35 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 48 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468115

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Cyrtonion
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hansen
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cyrtonion Hansen, 1989 sec. Fikáček, 2008

References

  • FIKACEK M. 2006: Contributions to the taxonomy of the genera Pachysternum and Cyrtonion (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae). Biologia (Bratislava) 61: 149 - 157.
  • HANSEN M. 1989: New genera of Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 20: 251 - 262.
  • REGIMBART M. 1907: Hydrophilides provenant du Voyage de M. L. Fea dans l'Afrique Occidentale. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 3) 43: 46 - 62.