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Agraphydrus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Agraphydrus
Dorsal view of Agraphydrus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Acidocerinae
Genus: Agraphydrus
Régimbart, 1903
Diversity
205 species
Synonyms
  • Gymnhelochares d’Orchymont, 1932
  • Pseudohelochares Satô, 1960
  • Horelophopsis Hansen, 1997
  • Pseudopelthydrus Jia, 1998
  • Megagraphydrus Hansen, 1999

Agraphydrus is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 205 recognized species.[1][2] It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, and Indomalayan realms.

The genus Agraphydrus was described for the first time by Maurice Auguste Régimbart in 1903.[3]

It currently contains 205 described species, partly thanks to a series revisionary work developed by Albretch Komarek.[4][5][6][7][8]

Description

Small beetles (1.4–4.8 mm), pale/yellowish to dark brown in coloration, eyes not emarginate, labrum exposed, maxillary palps moderately long. Elytra without sutural striae, not laterally explanate; the elytral punctation ranges from very fine and subtle to coarse.

A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short,[2] but also see Komarek and collaborators.[4][5][6][7][8]

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