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Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003

Fikáček, Martin, Matsumoto, Keita, Perkins, Philip, Prokin, Alexander, Sazhnev, Alexey, Litovkin, Stanislav & Jäch, Manfred A., 2021, The family Epimetopidae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea): review of current knowledge, genus-level phylogeny, and taxonomic revision of Eupotemus, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 1-34 : 27

publication ID

 https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2021.001

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scientific name

 Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003
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Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003

( Figs 14H, 15H, L)

Material examined. INDIA: UඍඍൺඋൺκΗൺඇൽ: 5 JJ 2♀♀ (1 ♀ with egg case), 1 spec. ( BMNH): ‘India: U.P., Dehra Dun, Phandowala. Suawa R. 1.iv.1928. H.G.Champion. // Brit.Mus. 1928-518ʼ.

Comments. These specimens agree with the holotype of E. weigeli examined by us in all details of external morphology and male genitalia. The species was previously known only from Nepal, we record it as new for India.

SKALE A. & JACH M A. 2003: A new species of Eumetopus Balfour- Browne, 1949 from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Pp. 195 - 196. In: HARTMANN M. & BAUMBACH H. (eds.): Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya. Verein der Freunde & Forderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt, Erfurt, 408 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Epimetopidae

Genus

Eumetopus

Specimens