Rhombosternum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Protosternini
Genus: Rhombosternum
Species: R. bameuli – R. birmanense – R. consobrinum – R. dactyloides – R. index – R. intervallum – R. minutum – R. wagneri

Name

Rhombosternum Balfour-Browne, 1942

Type species: Dactylosternum wagneri Alfred Knisch, 1921.

References

Primary references

• Balfour-Browne, J.W.A.F. 1942. On species of Dactylosternum related to subquadratum (Fairm.) and the description of a new genus Rhombosternum related to Dactylosternum (Coleoptera, Palpicornia). Annals and Magazine of natural History, Series 1, 9(59): 855–864. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mai, Z.Q. & Jia, F.L. 2026b. Additional faunistic records of Protosternini from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Zootaxa 5786(1): 92–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.11. Reference page.