Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Paracymus orientalis

Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Anacaenini

Habitat: Aquatic

General appearance: Small species. Body oval.

Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Head in ventral view
Hind tarsi (right)
Hind coxal proess and last sternite

 

Reference:
Hansen, M. (1991). The hydrophiloid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea) (Vol. 40). Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.