Chasmogenus

Chasmogenus is a genus of water scavenger beetles belonging to the family Hydrophilidae. The genus formerly contained 26 species worldwide until the discovery of new species recently.[1][2] Currently, a total of 43 species is identified and documented, of which 18 occur in the Afrotropical region, eleven in the Neotropic, two in the Palearctic, three in the Australian, and five in the Oriental region.[3][4]

Chasmogenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Chasmogenus

Sharp, 1882
Type species
Chasmogenus fragilis
Sharp, 1882
Diversity
About 43 species
Synonyms
  • Helochares Mulsant, 1844
  • Crephelochares Kuwert, 1890

Species
  • Chasmogenus abnormalis
  • Chasmogenus africanus
  • Chasmogenus australis
  • Chasmogenus balkei
  • Chasmogenus bariorum
  • Chasmogenus barrae
  • Chasmogenus cattienus
  • Chasmogenus fluminensis
  • Chasmogenus fragilis
  • Chasmogenus irianus
  • Chasmogenus itatiaia
  • Chasmogenus lilianae
  • Chasmogenus livornicus
  • Chasmogenus lorenzo
  • Chasmogenus luctuosus
  • Chasmogenus lycetus
  • Chasmogenus mauritiensis
  • Chasmogenus molinai
  • Chasmogenus mollis
  • Chasmogenus molluscus
  • Chasmogenus nitescens
  • Chasmogenus occidentalis
  • Chasmogenus omissus
  • Chasmogenus orbus
  • Chasmogenus paramollis
  • Chasmogenus parorbus
  • Chasmogenus patrizii
  • Chasmogenus punctulatus
  • Chasmogenus ruandanus
  • Chasmogenus rubellus
  • Chasmogenus rubricollis
  • Chasmogenus rudis
  • Chasmogenus rufinasus
  • Chasmogenus ruidus
  • Chasmogenus rusticus
  • Chasmogenus rutiloides
  • Chasmogenus rutilus
  • Chasmogenus sapucay
  • Chasmogenus schoedli
  • Chasmogenus szeli
  • Chasmogenus ubatuba
  • Chasmogenus yukparum

References
  1. Clarkson, B; Ferreira Jr, N (2014). "Four new species and first nominal record of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3765 (5): 481–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.6. PMID 24870916. S2CID 46379711.
  2. Jia, Fenglong; Tang, Yu-dan (2018). "A faunistic study of genus Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 of China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)". ZooKeys (738): 59–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.738.21711. PMC 5904443. PMID 29670421. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. Devi, M. B; Devi, O. S; Fikáček, M; Minoshima, Y. N; Wanghengbam, L (2016). "Redescription and lectotype designation of Chasmogenus abnormalis (Sharp), with notes on its distribution". Zootaxa. 4144 (2): 296–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.12. PMID 27470857.
  4. "Further study on Chasmogenus and Paracymus from Turkey (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Acta zool. bulg. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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