Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of the Genus<i> Peltocercyon</i> d'Orchymont, 1925 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini)
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5671.1.1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5671.1.1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5671.1.1" target="_blank" >10.11646/zootaxa.5671.1.1</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of the Genus<i> Peltocercyon</i> d'Orchymont, 1925 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini)
Original language description
The Asian-endemic genus Peltocercyon d'Orchymont, 1925 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini) is revised and redefined based on morphological characters and DNA data (five nuclear and three mitochondrial fragments). The metaventrite, with complete femoral lines crossing the arcuate ridges, is confirmed as the best diagnostic character for Peltocercyon in contrast to the morphology of the prosternum and mesoventrite which vary within the genus. DNA data reveal that Peltocercyon contains two separate lineages and that aedeagal morphology is more phylogenetically informative than external characters. A total of 17 species are recognized, of which nine are newly described: Peltocercyon basirugosus sp. nov. (China: Hainan, Yunnan; Laos: Bolikhamsai, Phongsaly Luang Prabang), P. carnarius sp. nov. (Indonesia: West Sumatra; Philippines: Mindanao; Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), P. kouwenkaii sp. nov. (China: Xizang), P. latifossus sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumba), P. maculipennis sp. nov. (China: Taiwan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi; Laos: Houaphanh; Vietnam: Tam Dao; India: Arunachal Pradesh), P. medogensis sp. nov. (China: Xizang), P. rugosipennis sp. nov. (China: Xizang), P. splendidus sp. nov. (China: Xizang, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei; India: Arunachal Pradesh), P. taylorae sp. nov. (China: Yunnan; Laos: Houaphanh, Phongsaly; India: Arunachal Pradesh). Three species are transferred to Peltocercyon from Cercyon Leach, 1817: Peltocercyon vagus (Sharp, 1884), comb. nov., P. vividus (d'Orchymont, 1925), comb. nov., and P. sanaii (Hoshina, 2008), comb. nov. Peltocercyon coomani d'Orchymont, 1925 is newly recorded from China, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia, P. lunulatus (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) from China, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar, and P. vividus for Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The closely related species P. maculipennis sp. nov., P. medogensis sp. nov., P. splendidus sp. nov. and P. taylorae sp. nov. are treated as the P. splendidus group. The Japanese and Far East species P. vagus (Sharp, 1884), P. subopacipennis (Nakane, 1965), P. sanaii (Hoshina, 2008), P. shigehisai Hoshina, 2018 and P. ohoni Hoshina, 2021 are treated as the P. vagus group, both groups being based on elytral sculpture, aedeagal morphology and distribution. Members of the P. vagus group are not treated taxonomically in detail due to limited material available. Diagnostic characters of all species and species groups are illustrated by photographs and SEM micrographs and an identification key and distribution maps of all species are provided. All known Peltocercyon inhabit decaying organic material; we provide the first hypothesis on the evolution of their habitat preferences.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Zootaxa
ISSN
1175-5326
e-ISSN
1175-5326
Volume of the periodical
5671
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
NZ - NEW ZEALAND
Number of pages
74
Pages from-to
1-74
UT code for WoS article
001604027700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105019734555