Microcylloepus sp.

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/772D47EE-0E39-5F02-B838-73DD86BB3026

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Microcylloepus sp.
status

 

Microcylloepus sp. View in CoL

Comments.

This species was collected at levels 1 (670 m), 2 (934 m), 3 (1,126-1,194 m), 4 (river 2, 1,619 m), and 5 (river 2, 1,776 m) on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs, throughout sampling months (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season). Specimens, including males, did not match exactly known described species of the genus, being close to M. angustus. Male genitalia of the specimens have the medium lobe slightly wider than M. angustus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elmidae