Globulosis is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by two described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.[1]
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| Genus: | Globulosis García, 2001
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Globulosis was described for the first time by Mauricio García in 2001.[2]
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains two described species from Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1][3]
Description
editSmall beetles (1.9–2.3 mm), broadly oval in dorsal view and strongly convex in lateral view, yellow to orange-brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]
Habitat
editAccording to Girón and Short "The genus is most commonly found along the margins of small, sandy forested streams, especially with vegetated margins. However, a few specimens have been taken in shallow swamps."[1]
Species
edit- Globulosis hemisphericus García, 2001
- Globulosis flavus Short, García, and Girón, 2017
References
edit- ^ a b c d Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2021-06-18). "The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species". ZooKeys (1045): 1–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8233300. PMID 34228772.
- ^ García, M. (2001). "Nueva subtribu, género y especie de Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) del extremo suroriental de Venezuela". Boletín del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas. 35: 151–160.
- ^ Short, Andrew Edward Z.; García, Mauricio; Girón, Jennifer C. (2017-02-15). "Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Globulosis García, 2001 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae)". Zootaxa. 4232 (2): 271. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28264397.