Hexanchorus usitatus Spangler & Santiago-Fragoso, 1992

Luna-Luna, Alba Magali, Martins, Caleb Califre, Lopez-Perez, Andres, Ramirez-Ponce, Andres & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 301-338 : 301

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.68665

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EDF5CD7-B010-4B6D-B90F-0A6A1200C768

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3596A5AC-ABA3-5D48-BD19-0B128CC15FFC

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scientific name

Hexanchorus usitatus Spangler & Santiago-Fragoso, 1992
status

 

Hexanchorus usitatus Spangler & Santiago-Fragoso, 1992

Distribution.

Mexico (new country record, Chiapas), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

The known altitudinal record of H. usitatus was 1,075 m ( Spangler and Santiago-Fragoso 1992). Herein, the species was found from levels 1 (670 m) through 3 (1,126-1,194 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs, throughout sampling months (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season); also collected with a bucket light trap.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elmidae

Genus

Hexanchorus