Pelthydrus (Pelthydrus) similis d’Orchymont, 1937b

Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5546 (1), pp. 1-92 : 27

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scientific name	Pelthydrus (Pelthydrus) similis d’Orchymont, 1937b
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Pelthydrus (Pelthydrus) similis d’Orchymont, 1937b View in CoL *

Pelthydrus similis d’Orchymont, 1937b: 29 View in CoL ; Schönmann 1995: 115, figs. 8, 34; Hansen 1999a: 129.

Type locality: Nerbudda Survey, station 56 (24°30’N, 81°20’E),, ca. 900 m, Seehöhe GoogleMaps , Rewa district, N Madhya Pradesh, Indien ( Schönmann 1995).

Distribution in India: Karnataka (Shimoga: Jog Falls), Kerala (Cardamom Hills: Pathanamthitta, Pambaiyar), Madhya Pradesh (Rewa), Maharashtra (Loonavala), and Tamil Nadu (Annamalai Hills: Aliyar Dam).

References

d'Orchymont, A. (1937 b) Descriptions of three new Hydrophilidae from India. Records of the Indian Museum, 39, 29 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 39 / i 1 / 1937 / 162301

Hansen, M. (1999 a) World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books Aps., Stenstrup, 416 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004629042 _ 004

Schonmann, H. (1995) Revision der Gattung Pelthydrus d'Orchymont 2. Teil: Pelthydrus s. str. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 65, 105 - 144. [https: // www. zobodat. at / pdf / KOR _ 65 _ 1995 _ 0105 - 0144. pdf]

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Hydrophiloidea
Family	Hydrophilidae
SubFamily	Hydrophilinae
Tribe	Laccobiini
Genus	Pelthydrus
SubGenus	Pelthydrus