Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Hydroporinae sp.

Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Hydroporinae

Habitat: Wetland

General appearance: Small size. Fore and mesotarsi are pseudotetramerous (4th segment inconspicuous). Elytra with discal striae.

Fullview
Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Head in ventral view
Right protarsi and mesotarsi
Hind coxal process
Left hind tarsi (ventral view)

 

Reference:
Pederzani, F. (1995). Keys to the identification of the genera and subgenera of adult Dytiscidae (sensu lato) of the world (Coleoptera Dytiscidae). Atti dell'Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, a, 244, 5-83.

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