Published June 30, 2011 | Version v1
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Oosternum rishwani Short & Fikáček 2011, comb. nov.

  • 1. ) &) Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, KS 66045, USA; e-mail: aezshort @ ku. edu
  • 2. 2,3) &) Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: mfikacek @ gmail. com & 2,3) &) Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic.

Description

rishwani (Makhan, 2009) comb. nov.

Motonerus rishwani Makhan, 2009: 2. – Suriname, Nieuw Amsterdam.

Distribution. Suriname.

Note. Based on the photograph of the male genitalia published in the original description, the aedagus differs distinctly from the typical shape present in all Motonerus species (see FIKÁČEK & SHORT 2006) and agrees well with the genus Oosternum in all characters seens on the photographs. For that reason, the species is transferred here to the genus Oosternum.

Notes

Published as part of Short, Andrew E. Z. & Fikáček, Martin, 2011, World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006 - 2010), pp. 83-122 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 51 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468177

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Oosternum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Short & Fikáček
Species
rishwani
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oosternum rishwani (Makhan, 2009) sec. Short & Fikáček, 2011

References

  • FIKACEK M. & SHORT A. E. Z. 2006: A revision of the Neotropical genus Motonerus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Zootaxa 1268: 1 - 38.