Ancyronyx reticulatus and A. pulcherrimus, two new riffle beetle species from Borneo, and discussion about elmid plastron structures (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

JÁN KODADA; MANFRED A. JÄCH; FEDOR ČIAMPOR JR

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3760.3.5

Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 3: 3 Feb. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-02-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.3.5

Page range: 383–395

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Ancyronyx reticulatus and A. pulcherrimus, two new riffle beetle species from Borneo, and discussion about elmid plastron structures (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

JÁN KODADA⁺⁻
MANFRED A. JÄCH⁺⁻
FEDOR ČIAMPOR JR⁺⁻

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria.

Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia.

Coleoptera Elmidae Ancyronyx new species morphology Borneo

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Abstract

Two new species of Ancyronyx Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) are described from Borneo: A. pulcherrimus (Brunei) and A. reticulatus (Sabah). Habitus views, illustrations of important characters as well as plastron structures of Ancyronyx reticulatus are presented and discussed.