An annotated checklist of family Hydraenidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) in the North Africa | ||||
| African Journal of Biological Sciences | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2021, Page 111-116 PDF (440.99 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajbs.2021.191213 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ahmed Reda Ismaieel   1; Hassan Hamadnaallah fadl2; Gawhara Abu El-Hassan3
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| 1Entomology Department, Faculty of science, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Entomology department, faculty of science, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Data from previous literature were used to compile a checklist of the of north African hydraenid beetles. Members of Hydraenidae are mostly 0.5-3 mm in length and genitalia of different species under the same taxonomic group are almost indistinguishable. The external morphology of several taxa, e.g., Ochthebiinae, is largely variable. Mostly all the described genera or subgenera are with uncertain relationships in addition to the presence of many assigned but undescribed species. Here we summarize the recorded species of family Hydraenidae in the north Africa. The species distribution in the Palearctic region is provided. According to the analysis of literature a total of 15, 15, 61, 39 species were recorded in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia respectively. The genus Ochthebius was represented by 15, 13, 36, 16 species, while Hydraena by19, 1, 15, 12 species, and Limnebius species was represented by 3,1, 12, 6 species in Algeria Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia respectively. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Minute Moss Beetles; checklist; distribution; Palearctic; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria | ||||
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