Species:
Dineutus sitesi Gustafson, Hájek & Miller, 2016ClassificationPhylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Gyrinidae Genus: Dineutus
Collection specimenHolotype: - 1 Male: Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A. (K. B. Miller)
Paratype: - 7 examples: Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A (R. Sites), 4 examples: National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., U.S.A (C. Micheli), 2 examples: Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Ministry of Science and Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand, 1 example: Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A. (K.
Morphology:Adult: -
Dineutus sitesi can be distinguished from all other Thai
Dineutus by the broadly oval body form, large size (male: 15.0–17.0 mm; female: 13.4–15.7 mm), rounded elytral apex lacking spines and serrations, and profemur of male with sub-apicoventral tooth (Suksai et al., 2021).
Figure
Dorsal habitus of Dineutus sitesi male (Photo: Benjamart Suksai).
Habitat: -
D. sitesi was found in streams and pools beneath waterfalls.
Distribution:
- Phitsanulok Province: Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
- Kanchanaburi Province: Thong Pha Phum National Park.
- Phitsanulok Province: Thung Salaeng Luang National Park.
Work cited:
- Gustafson, G.T., Hájek, J. and Miller, K.B. 2016. Description of two new species of
Dineutus sensu stricto from Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) with a key to the known species of the subgenus.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(2): 629–643.
- Suksai, B., Gustafson, G.T., Sites, R.W. and Sangpradub, N. 2021. The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Thailand: Key to tribes and genera, with new records and keys to species of Dineutini and Gyrinini.
Zootaxa 5071(1): 097–117.
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