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Dorsal view of Quadriops clusia | |
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Genus: | Quadriops García, 2001
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Quadriops is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by six described species. [1]
The genus Quadriops was described for the first time by Michael Hansen in 1999. [2]
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. After a revision of the genus, it now contains six described species from Brazil ( Amazonas), Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. [1] [3]
Small to tiny beetles (1.6–2.6 mm), orange brown to dark brown in coloration, with eyes fully divided in dorsal and ventral faces; short maxillary palps. The elytra are laterally explanate and the elytral punctation may present well defined elytral striae. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short. [1]
Quadriops is the only genus of Neotropical acidocerines known only from terrestrial habitats, including rotten fruits, sap flows on freshly cut trees, and in the refuse piles of leafcutter ants. [1] [3]
Quadriops | |
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Dorsal view of Quadriops clusia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Quadriops García, 2001
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Diversity | |
2 species |
Quadriops is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by six described species. [1]
The genus Quadriops was described for the first time by Michael Hansen in 1999. [2]
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. After a revision of the genus, it now contains six described species from Brazil ( Amazonas), Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. [1] [3]
Small to tiny beetles (1.6–2.6 mm), orange brown to dark brown in coloration, with eyes fully divided in dorsal and ventral faces; short maxillary palps. The elytra are laterally explanate and the elytral punctation may present well defined elytral striae. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short. [1]
Quadriops is the only genus of Neotropical acidocerines known only from terrestrial habitats, including rotten fruits, sap flows on freshly cut trees, and in the refuse piles of leafcutter ants. [1] [3]