Nuevos Bidessini del género Anodocheilus Babington (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae ) de Venezuela

New Bidessini of the genus a Nodocheilus Babington (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae) from Venezuela

• Mauricio García Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Keywords: Anodocheilus, State Bolivar, Sucre State, Venezuelan

Abstract

Four new species of ditiscid beetles of the tribe Bidessini, belonging to the genus Anodocheilus,
are described herein. These beetles were collected from inland wetlands of Sucre and Bolivar
states, Venezuela. Diagnostic characters are illustrated and a key to separate the new species
based on genital morphology is presented.

References

Young F. N. 1967. A key to the genera of American Bidessine water beetles, with descriptions of three new genera (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Coleopterist’s Bulletin, 21:75-84.

Young, F. N. 1974. Review of the predaceous wáter beetles of the genus Anodocheilus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Occasional Papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 670: 1-28