A new genus and species of stygobiontic dryopid beetle, Stygoparnus comalensis (Coleoptera: Dryopidae), from Comal Springs, Texas

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Publication Date

January 1992

Publication Title

Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington

Volume Number

105

Issue Number

1

Abstract

A stygobiontic new genus and species, Stygoparnus comalensis, from Comal Springs, Texas, is described and compared with the dryopid genus Helichus. Distinctive characters of the adult and larva are illustrated with pen and ink drawings and scanning electron micrographs. This new taxon is the first member of the family Dryopidae reported from subterranean waters.

Geographic Subject

Comal Springs, Texas

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Notes

Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 105, no. 1 (1992).

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SFS0063050_00001

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