The first stygobiont species of Coleoptera from Portugal, with a molecular phylogeny of the Siettitia group of genera (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini, Siettitiina)

Iberoporus pluto sp. n., the first stygobiont beetle from Portugal (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae), is described from a single female from the cave Soprador do Carvalho (Coimbra). The species is highly troglomorphic, depigmented, blind, and with elongated appendages not adapted for swimming. A molecular...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Ribera, Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29765/