A new genus and species of stygobiontic dytiscid beetle, Comaldessus stygius (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) from Comal Springs, Texas
- A new genus and species of stygobiontic bidessine dytiscid beetle, Comaldessus stygius, from Comal Springs, Texas, is described and compared with the proposed sister epigean genus Uuarus and the only other known stygobiontic bidessine water beetles, Trogloguignotus concii Sanfilippo from Venezuela and Uvarus chappuisi (Peschet) from Africa. Distinctive characters of the adult are illustrated with pen and ink drawings and scanning electron micrographs. The new taxon is the second stygobiontic bidessine genus with rudimentary eyes known from the Western Hemisphere and the first known from North America.
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| Author: | Paul J. Spangler, Cheryl B. BarrORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1159855 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2010/07/29 |
| Year of first Publication: | 1995 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2010/07/29 |
| Volume: | 09 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| Page Number: | 8 |
| First Page: | 301 |
| Last Page: | 308 |
| Source: | Gainesville, Fla. : Flora & Fauna Publ. - Insecta Mundi 09:3-4, S. 301-308 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 276102606 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 9 (1995) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333060 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
