Eumetopus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Epimetopidae
Genus: Eumetopus
Species (8): E. acutimontis – E. asperatus – E. bullatus – E. flavidulus – E. maindroni – E. schuelkei – E. tibialis – E. weigeli
Name

Eumetopus Balfour-Browne, 1949. Type species: Sepidulum bullatum Sharp, 1874, by original designation.
References

Balfour-Browne, J. 1949: Notes on the subfamily Epimetopinae (Col., Palpicornia) with the description of a new genus and of three new species. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 18: 12–18. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1949.tb01408.x
Jäch, M.A. 2002: First record of Epimetopidae in Laos (Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 72: 161–164.
Ji, L.; Jäch, M.A. 1998: Epimetopidae: synopsis of the genus Eumetopus Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera). Pp. 195-205 in Jäch, M.A.; Ji, L. (eds.) Water beetles of China. Volume 2. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, Vienna.
Skale, A.; Jäch, M.A. 2003: A new species of Eumetopus Balfour-Browne, 1949 from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Pp. 195-196 in Hartmann, M.; Baumbach, H. (eds.) Biodiversity and natural heritage of the Himalaya. Verein der Freunde und Foerderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt, e.V., Erfurt.

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