Hoperius

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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Hoperius
Species (1): H. planatus
Name

Hoperius Fall, 1927

References

Alarie, Y.; Hughes, S. 2006: Re-descriptions of larvae of Hoperius and Meladema and phylogenetic implications for the tribe Colymbetini (Coleoptera Dytiscidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana, 85: 307–334. PDF
Fall, H.C. 1927: A new genus and species of Dytiscidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 35(2): 177–178. JSTOR

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Hoperius planatus is a species of beetle in the family Dytiscidae, the only species in the genus Hoperius.[1]
References

Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.