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Name - Kruia Spangler & Perkins 1981

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:231552 [metadata]

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
Insecta (Class)
Coleoptera (Order)
Polyphaga (Suborder)
Hydrophiloidea (Superfamily)
Hydrophilidae (Family)

References

Original Description Reference

  • A new genus and species of water scavenger beetle from Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 57(1) 1981: 220-226. [Zoological Record Volume 118]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • A new genus and species of water scavenger beetle from Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae).
  • Kruia rediscovered: phylogenetic implications, larval morphology, and biology of an enigmatic hydrophilid beetle from western Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).

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