Katasophistes is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by four described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.[1]
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| Genus: | Katasophistes Girón & Short, 2018
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Katasophistes was described for the first time by Girón & Short in 2018.[2]
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains four described species from Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[1][2]
Description
editSmall beetles (2.7–4.5 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1][2]
Habitat
editAccording to Girón and Short species known from Ecuador and Peru have been collected from forested stream pools with abundant detritus, whereas Katasophistes merida from Venezuela has been collected on seepages. [1][2]
Species
edit- Katasophistes charynae Girón and Short, 2018
- Katasophistes cuzco Girón and Short, 2018
- Katasophistes merida Girón and Short, 2018
- Katasophistes superficialis Girón and Short, 2018
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. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1045....1G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8233300. PMID 34228772.
- ^ a b c d Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2018-06-19). "Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae)". ZooKeys (768): 113–158. Bibcode:2018ZooK..768..113G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.768.24423. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6019434. PMID 29955215.