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Ectopria

Ectopria is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about nine described species in Ectopria.

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Ectopria
Dorsal view of brown oval trilobite-like larva with yellow peripheral shell
Dorsal view of Ectopria sp. beetle larva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
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.123

Species

These species belong to the genus Ectopria:

  • Ectopria hsui Lee & Yang, 19944
  • 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

References

  1. "Ectopria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Ectopria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. 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.
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