Ectopria

Genus of beetles

Ectopria
Dorsal view of brown Ectopria beetle with yellow outer shell
Dorsal view of Ectopria beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Psephenidae
Subfamily: Eubriinae
Genus: Ectopria
LeConte, 1853

Ectopria is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about nine described species in Ectopria.[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Ectopria:

  • Ectopria hsui Lee & Yang, 1994[4]
  • Ectopria laticollis Wickham, 1913
  • Ectopria leechi Brigham, 1981
  • Ectopria nervosa (Melsheimer, 1845)
  • Ectopria opaca (Kiesenwetter, 1874)[4]
  • Ectopria reticulata Champion, 1897
  • Ectopria tachikawai (Satô, 1968)[4]
  • Ectopria vermiculata Champion, 1897

References

  1. ^ "Ectopria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Ectopria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ a b c Lee, Chi-Feng; Yang, Ping-Shih (1994). "A Review of the Genus Ectopria Leconte from East Asia, with the Description of a New Species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 48 (4): 381–389. JSTOR 4009053.

Further reading

  • Brigham, W. U. (1981). "Ectopria leechi, a new false water penny from the United States (Coleoptera: Eubriidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 57 (1): 313–320. ISSN 0031-0603.
  • Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Psephenidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
Taxon identifiers
Ectopria


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