Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Authors: | H. Freitag, Jäch M. A. |
Journal: | Zootaxa |
Volume: | 1590 |
Pagination: | 37-59 |
Keywords: | Ancyronyx, Busuanga, Coleoptera, Elmidae, Palawan, Philippines, Southeast Asia, taxonomy, water beetles |
Abstract: | The species of the elmid genus Ancyronyx Erichson from the Philippine islands of Palawan and Busuanga are revised. Six new species are described: Ancyronyx helgeschneideri Freitag & Jäch sp. n., A. minerva Freitag & Jäch sp. n., A. minutulus Freitag & Jäch sp. n., A. patrolus Freitag & Jäch sp. n., A. pseudopatrolus Freitag & Jäch sp. n., and A. punkti Freitag & Jäch sp. n. A checklist and a key to the species of Ancyronyx recorded from the Philippines are provided. |