Sinaspidytes
| Sinaspidytes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Aspidytidae |
| Genus: | Sinaspidytes Balke, Beutel & Ribera, 2016 |
| Species: | S. wrasei
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| Binomial name | |
| Sinaspidytes wrasei (Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003)
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Sinaspidytes is a
monotypic, with the only species being Sinaspidytes wrasei.[1][2] Originally this species was placed in the genus Aspidytes with a second species from South Africa, but was later transferred to Sinaspidytes.[3] The genus contains the single species S. wrasei.[3][4] The aquatic beetle is 4.8 - 5.2 mm long and lives in hygropetric habitats.[5]
References
- ^ Citizen science observations for Sinaspidytes at iNaturalist
- PMID 12495503.
- ^ ISSN 0024-4082.
- S2CID 237486703.
- ^ Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Ribera, I. (2016) 7.7. Aspidytidae Ribera,Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002. In: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.): Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta. Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. pp. 141-149.
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