Ancyronyx jaechi sp.n. from Sri Lanka, the first record of the genus Ancyronyx Erichson, 1847 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from the Indian Subcontinent, and a world checklist of species

• Main Author: Freitag, Hendrik
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• Subjects: Coleoptera; taxonomy; Spider Water Beetle; Ceylon; Ancyronyx jaechi; Biodiversity; Biology; Zoology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/11; https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3382.1.6
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Ancyronyx jaechi sp. n. from Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka is described. The new species is rec-ognized by a unique combination of the elytral colour pattern, as well as the shape and size of the male sternite IX, theaedeagus, the female ovipositor, and the secondary sexual char...