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Confossa

Confossa is a genus of water beetle in the family Hydroscaphidae, discovered in 2015 and endemic to South America.

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Confossa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydroscaphidae
Genus: Confossa
Joly, Garcia & Maddison, 2015

Confossa is a genus of water beetle in the family Hydroscaphidae, discovered in 2015 and endemic to South America.12

Taxonomy

The genus Confossa contains the following three species:1

  • Confossa falcata
  • Confossa minima
  • Confossa sculptura
References

References

  1. "Confossa Short, Joly, Garcia & Maddison, 2015". GBIF. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. "Genus Confossa". iNaturalist. Retrieved 30 January 2024.