Chasmogenus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Acidocerinae
Genus: Chasmogenus
Subgenera (2): C. (Chasmogenus) – C. (Crephelochares)

Overview of species (55)

C. abnormalis – C. acuminatus – C. africanus – C. amplius – C. australis – C. balkei – C. bariorum – C. barrae – C. berbicensis – C. brownsbergensis – C. cajuina – C. castaneus – C. cattienus – C. clavijoi – C. clinatus – C. cremnobates – C. cuspifer – C. flavomarginatus – C. fragilis – C. gato – C. gironae – C. guianensis – C. ignotus – C. inpa – C. irianus – C. ligulatus – C. lineatus – C. livornicus – C. lorenzo – C. luctuosus – C. lycetus – C. mauritiensis – C. molinai – C. mollis – C. molluscus – C. nitescens – C. occidentalis – C. omissus – C. orbus – C. paramollis – C. parorbus – C. patrizii – C. punctulatus – C. pandus – C. ruandanus – C. rubellus – C. rubricollis – C. rudis – C. rufinasus – C. ruidus – C. rusticus – C. rutiloides – C. rutilus – C. sapucay – C. schmits – C. schoedli – C. sinnamarensis – C. szeli – C. tafelbergensis – C. undulatus – C. yukparum

Add (4): C. fluminensis – C. itatiaia – C. lilianae – C. ubatuba

Name

Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882

Type species: Chasmogenus fragilis Sharp (by monotypy)

Synonymy

Dieroxenus Spangler, 1979: 753 (synonymized by Girón & Short, 2018: 154)
- Type species: Dieroxenus cremnobates Paul Junior Spangler, 1979

References

Primary references

Sharp, D. 1882. On some New Zealand Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1882 [30(1)]: 73–99. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1882.tb01570.x . BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Alves, T., Clarkson, B. & Lima, L.R.C. 2020. A new species of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 and new records of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4763(4): 579–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.7 Reference page.
Clarkson, B. & Ferreira-Jr., N. 2014: Four new species and first nominal record of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3765(5): 481–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.6 Reference page.
García, M. 2000: [Four new species of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae) from Venezuela.] Boletín del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Universidad del Zulia, 34(1): 45–58. [in Spanish] PDF
Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2018. Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys 768: 113–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.768.24423. Reference page.
Glynn, R.D. & Short, A.E.Z. 2021. New species and records of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 from the southwestern margin of the Guiana Shield (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 5048(3): 435–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.3.8 Reference page.
Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske skrifter, 40 ISSN: 0366-3612 ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books
Hebauer, F. 1992: The Species of the Genus Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Acta coleopterologica, 8(2): 61–92. PDF
Hebauer, F. 1995: The hydrophilid and spercheid beetles of Namibia in consideration of the material of the Namibia Expedition of the Museum of Natural History Berlin in 1992, supplement by results of former Namibia and Kalahari Expeditions (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae et Spercheidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 71(2): 251–275. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19950710206 [not seen]
Hebauer, F. 2001: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hydrophilidae von Neuguinea. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungsreisen von M. Balke und L. Hendrich nach West Neuguinea (Irian Jaya) in den Jahren 1990–1998. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta coleopterologica, 17(1): 3–72. [not seen]
Hebauer, F. 2002: New Hydrophilidae of the Old World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta coleopterologica, 18(3): 3–24. [not seen]
Jia, F-L. & Tang, Y-D. 2018. A faunistic study of genus Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 of China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). ZooKeys 738: 59–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.738.21711. Reference page.
Short, A.E.Z. 2005: A review of the subtribe Acidocerina of Central America with special reference to Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 75: 191–226. PDF
Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Hydrophilidae: Review of the subtribe Acidocerina of the Southwest Pacific islands (Coleoptera). Pp. 297-318 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869
Short, A.E.Z.; Hebauer, F. 2006: World Catalogue of Hydrophiloidea – additions and corrections, 1 (1999–2005) (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische rundschau, 76: 315–359. PDF
Smith, R.R. & Short, A.E.Z. 2020. Review of the genus Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 of northeastern South America with an emphasis on Venezuela, Suriname, and Guyana (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys, 934: 25–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.934.49359 Reference page.
Watts, C.H.S. 1995: Revision of the Australasian genera Agraphydrus Regimbart, Chasmogenus Sharp and Helochares Mulsant (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 28(1): 113-130. Reference page.

Additional references

Devi, M.B., Devi, O.S., Fikáček, M., Minoshima, Y.N. & Wanghengbam, L. 2016. Redescription and lectotype designation of Chasmogenus abnormalis (Sharp), with notes on its distribution. Zootaxa 4144(2): 296–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.12. Reference page.