Pelosoma

Pelosoma is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about seven described species in Pelosoma.[1][2][3]

Pelosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Coelostomatini
Genus: Pelosoma
Mulsant, 1844

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Pelosoma:

  • Pelosoma lafertei Mulsant, 1844
  • Pelosoma mesosternalum Hinton & Ancona, 1934
  • Pelosoma orientale
  • Pelosoma ovulum Sharp, 1887
  • Pelosoma pecki Smetana, 1984
  • Pelosoma prosternale Sharp, 1882
  • Pelosoma rufipes (Fleutiaux & SallĂ©, 1889)

References

  1. "Pelosoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Pelosoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.


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