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Issue: Vol. 3852 No. 4: 18 Aug. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-08-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.5
Page range: 475–488
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Morphometry and redescription of Parahelichus granulosus (Delève, 1974)  with description of P. pseudogranulosus, a new cryptic species of Long-toed Water Beetles (Coleoptera: Dryopidae) from Indochinese peninsula, and proposal of a new synonym for Praehelichus sericatus (Waterhouse, 1881) from China

Corresponding author. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
Corresponding author. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
Corresponding author. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
Coleoptera Dryopidae Parahelichus Praehelichus taxonomy morphometry Indochinese peninsula China

Abstract

A new species of Parahelichus Löbl & Smetana, 2006 is described from Laos and Thailand: P. pseudogranulosus. A similar species, P. granulosus Delève, 1974, which was originally described only from a single specimen, is redescribed and morphometric data are provided from 442 specimens from Vietnam and Laos. Habitus views, illustrations of important characters as well as results of morphometric analyses are presented and discussed. Praehelichus sinensis (Fairmaire, 1888) is proposed as a new junior synonym of P. sericatus (Waterhouse, 1881).