Families Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae

Sampaio, Brunno Henrique Lanzellotti; Short, Andrew Edward Z.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-804223-6.00022-6

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“…In 2010 Lepicerus pichilingue new species (type locality: Quevedo, Los Ríos, Ecuador) is described from leaf litter in mixed plantings of plantain and cacao in western Ecuador. L. pichilingue is very similar to L. inaequalis, but differs distinctively in the structure of the aedeagus (Figure.9) [36].…”

Section: Family Lepiceridaementioning

confidence: 92%

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2022

JMSRO

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Background: Aquatic Coleoptera plays a major role in freshwater ecosystems and is regarded as an effective bioindicator. At least 23 beetle families, from three of the four extant suborders, are predominantly aquatic as adults, larvae, or both. They play important role in ecosystem functioning, nutrient cycling primary production , decomposition and materials translocation.Methods: In this study, various databases including PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Google Scholar and sciencedirect were used.Results: Aquatic Coleoptera known as water beetles, with more than 13,000 described species, is one of the most abundant aquatic insects. Out of 4 suborders of Coleoptera, the suborder Myxophaga is truly aquatic whereas 8 of the 11 extant families of Adephaga are regarded as truly. As far as Polyphaga is concerned, the largest suborder of Coleoptera, only 13 of the 150 families are regarded as truly aquatic. Discussion and Conclusion: Water beetles, although defined by their affinity for aquatic ways of life, occupy a broad array of habitats, and have shifted secondarily back to their terrestrial roots (either as adults, larvae or both) on multiple occasions.This ecological variability coupled with repeated, parallel transitions has positioned water beetles as a premier study group for questions related to dispersal, ecological speciation, and diversification rates. The characteristics of a bioindicator are: richness and diversity species, easy handling, ecological faithfulness, fragility to small environmental changes and good organism responses, and water beetles are very integral parts of any biotic component of any water bodies or wetlands. They are indicators of ecological diversity and habitat characteristics

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Section: Family Lepiceridaementioning

confidence: 92%

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2022

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“…O adulto carrega suprimento de ar sob os élitros, mantido pela franja de cerdas das asas e pelo dorso do abdômen coberto pelos élitros, que agem como plastrão. Referências: Reichardt (1973aReichardt ( , 1974a, Reichardt & Hinton (1976), Short et al (2015) e Sampaio & Short (2018).…”

Section: Subordem Myxophagaunclassified

“…No Brasil, ocorrem os gêneros Iapir Py-Daniel, Fonseca & Barbosa (= Hintonia Reichardt), Ytu Reichardt e Claudiella Reichardt & Vanin. Referências: , Vanin & Costa (2001), Sampaio & Ferreira-Jr (2014, 2018e Sampaio & Short (2018).…”

Section: Subordem Myxophagaunclassified

Capítulo 31: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Casari,

Biffi,

Ide

2024

Insetos Do Brasil: Diversidade E Taxonomia

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Os membros da Ordem Coleoptera são conhecidos popularmente como besouros. Diferentes famílias são conhecidas por nomes populares particulares para cada região. Com distribuição cosmopolita, a ordem constitui o grupo maior e mais diverso de organismos do reino Animal, com cerca de 380 mil espécies descritas (Lawrence & Britton 1994; Ślipiński et al. 2011), que representam cerca de 35% do total de insetos. Em termos comparativos, o número de espécies de besouros excede o de plantas vasculares ou de fungos e é cerca de 90 vezes maior que o de mamíferos. São registradas cerca de 188 famílias no Mundo. No Brasil, já foram registradas pouco mais de 33 mil espécies em 115 famílias. Estima-se que o número real de espécies existentes esteja entre 1-12 milhões de espécies no mundo (Erwin 1982), com cerca de 130 mil no Brasil. O fator mais importante no sucesso de Coleoptera parece ser a evolução dos élitros, a forte esclerosação das partes expostas do corpo, presença de criptonefrídeos e especializações relacionadas a fitofagia. O principal efeito dessas estruturas está relacionado à proteção e a melhora nos mecanismos que reduzem a perda de água (Crowson 1981).

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Ephydrolithus Girón & Short, 2019 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae): new species and updated distribution records from Northeast region of Brazil

AMORIM-JUNIOR,

NASCIMENTO,

HAMADA

2024

Zootaxa

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The Neotropical genus Ephydrolithus Girón & Short, 2019 was recently established based on five species. In 2022 five additional species were described, all of them from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil. During an aquatic insect survey in three states in the Northeast region of Brazil, we collected two new species of Ephydrolithus in the states of Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco, one of the new species collected in the two latter states, represent the first record of this genus outside the Espinhaço Mountain Range, expanding its distribution to other Brazilian states. The objective of this study is to describe two new species of Ephydrolithus based on both male and female specimens. We also provide an updated identification key and distributional maps for the genus.

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Families Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae

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Capítulo 31: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Ephydrolithus Girón & Short, 2019 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae): new species and updated distribution records from Northeast region of Brazil

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