Iberoporus cermenius, a new genus and species of subterranean water beetle(Coleoptera : Dytiscidae) from Spain

Authors
Castro, A Delgado, JA
Citation
A. Castro et Ja. Delgado, Iberoporus cermenius, a new genus and species of subterranean water beetle(Coleoptera : Dytiscidae) from Spain, AQUAT INSEC, 23(1), 2001, pp. 33-43
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
AQUATIC INSECTS
ISSN journal
01650424 → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
33 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0424(2001)23:1<33:ICANGA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A new genus and a new species of subterranean water beetle are described as Iberoporus cermenius. This dytiscid beetle was collected by pumping out an d filtering water from a well in southern Spain. Iberoporus belongs to the subfamily Hydroporinae and is possibly related to the genera Siettitia Abei lle de Perrin, 1904 and Rhithrodytes Bameul, 1989. Notes on the biology of Iberoporus cermenius are given.