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Review of the whirligig beetle genus Gyrinus of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)

dc.contributor.authorGustafson, Grey T.
dc.contributor.authorShort, Andrew E. Z.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T19:38:10Z
dc.date.available2018-12-14T19:38:10Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-31
dc.identifier.citationGustafson, G. T., & Short, A. E. (2017). Review of the whirligig beetle genus Gyrinus of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 57(2), 479-520.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/27522
dc.description.abstractThe Venezuelan species of the genus Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1762 are reviewed (Gyrinidae: Gyrininae: Gyrinini). The Venezuelan Gyrinus fauna is found to be comprised of nine species distributed among the subgenera Neogyrinus Hatch, 1926 and Oreogyrinus Ochs, 1935, although Gyrinus (Oreogyrinus) colombicus Régimbart, 1883 is known from imprecisely localized and potentially mislabeled specimens and the species presumably does not occur in Venezuela. Three new species are described: G. (Oreogyrinus) vinolentus sp. nov. from the Andes, and G. (Oreogyrinus) iridinus sp. nov. and G. (Neogyrinus) sabanensis sp. nov., from the Guiana Shield region. Two new synonymies are established: G. amazonicus Ochs, 1958 syn. nov. is synonymized with G. guianus Ochs, 1935, and G. racenisi Ochs, 1953 syn. nov. is synonymized with G. ovatus Aubé, 1838. Gyrinus (Oreogyrinus) feminalis Mouchamps, 1957, described from Venezuela from two female syntypes only, is considered as species inquirendum, as the types were not found. For each species a dorsal habitus, illustration of male and female genitalia, and distribution map are provided. A key and checklist for the Venezuelan Gyrinus species is included.en_US
dc.publisherActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragaeen_US
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dc.subjectColeopteraen_US
dc.subjectGyrinidaeen_US
dc.subjectAquatic beetlesen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.subjectNew speciesen_US
dc.subjectNew synonymsen_US
dc.subjectDistributionen_US
dc.subjectVenezuelaen_US
dc.subjectNeotropical Regionen_US
dc.titleReview of the whirligig beetle genus Gyrinus of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kudepartmentSocial Welfareen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/aemnp-2017-0087en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
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