Helopeltarium Explained

Helopeltarium is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by only one species. It is known only from Myanmar.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Helopeltarium was described for the first time by Armand d’Orchymont in 1943.^[2] The genus is represented by only one species known from two specimens.

Description

Small beetles (2.8 mm), strongly dorsoventrally flattened, orange-brown in coloration; pronotum and elytra laterally explanate. A more complete diagnosis was presented by Jennifer C. Girón and Andrew Edward Z. Short.^[3]

Species

• Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943

Notes and References

1. Book: Hansen, Michael. World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. 1999. 8788757315. Stenstrup.
2. d’Orchymont. A.. 1943. Palpicornia (Coleoptera) VI. Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire na-turelle de Belgique. 19. 60. 1–12.
3. Girón. Jennifer C.. Short. Andrew Edward Z.. 18 June 2021. The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species. ZooKeys. 1045. 1–236. 10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. 1313-2970. 8233300. 34228772. free. 2021ZooK.1045....1G .