Hydraena essentia

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 (Hydraenopsis)
Species: Hydraena essentia

Name

Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) essentia Perkins, 2011: 24

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province: Sepik River Basin, stream beside milestone labelled G-99, unshaded stream with angular boulders, some coated with java moss, 1540 m, 6° 18' S, 145° 55' E.

Holotype: NMW. male ♂. 01.VII-30.VIII.1988. legit D. Dudgeon.

References

• Perkins, P.D. 2011. New species (130) of the hyperdiverse aquatic beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann from Papua New Guinea, and a preliminary analysis of areas of endemism (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 2944: 1–417. Preview Reference page.