Discovery of the water scavenger beetle genus Brownephilus Mouchamps in Turkey (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini)

By

Darilmaz, Mustafa Cemal
Kıyak, Suat
Short, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

53

Pages

13-16

Subjects

Aquatic beetles , Hydrophilidae , Middle East , new combination , Turkey

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.53.455

 

Abstract

The recently described Hydrochara major İncekara, Mart, Polat, & Karaca, 2009 from Turkey is transferred to the genus Brownephilus Mouchamps. New records and habitat information are given for the species, as well as diagnostic features for separating it from the only other described member of the genus, Brownephilus levantinus Balfour-Browne. The discovery of Brownephilus in Turkey marks the first time the lineage has been found since its original description more than seventy years ago.