Hydraena optica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Hydraeninae
Tribus: Hydraenini
Genus: Hydraena
Subgenus: Hydraena (Hydraena)
Species: Hydraena optica

Name

Hydraena (Hydraena) optica Jäch & Díaz, 2012: 99

Type locality: Small stream near Fornalha [Barranco da Corte, acc. to 1:25,000 Carta Militar de Portugal], ca. 5 m wide, ca. 300 m a.s.l., 37°17'54.0"N 8°30'48.5"W, ca. 5.3 km E of Caldas de Monchique, Serra de Monchique, Algarve, Faro Province, southwestern Portugal.

Holotype: NMW. male ♂. 28.III.2010. legit D.T. Bilton.

References

Primary references

• Jäch, M.A. & Díaz, J.A. 2012: New and little known Palearctic species of the genus Hydraena (s.l.) KUGELANN X. Descriptions of four new species from southern Europe, and taxonomic review of the H. subintegra species complex (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 82: 95-113. Full article (PDF). Reference page.