Nineteen new species of Desmopachria Babington, 1841 (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hyphydrini) with notes on the taxonomy of the genus.

ABSTRACT: Nineteen new species of Desmopachria Babington, 1841 are described from multiple species groups. Two new species groups are erected, the Desmopachriaapicodente species group and the Desmopachriabifurcita species group. Desmopachriadivergens sp. nov. (Venezuela), Desmopachrialineata sp. nov. (Venezuela), Desmopachriasurinamensis sp. nov. (Suriname), and Desmopachriatenua sp. nov. (Guyana) are described in Desmopachria but are not assigned to a species group. Desmopachriaapicodente sp. nov. (Guyana, Venezuela), Desmopachrialateralis sp. nov. (Venezuela), and Desmopachriatumida sp. nov. (Venezuela) are described in the new Desmopachriaapicodente species group an

SUBMITTER: Miller KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836737 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature