Sinaspidytes is a genus of aquatic beetles in Aspidytidae, first recorded in 2003 from specimens in the Shaanxi province, China. It is monotypic, with the only species being Sinaspidytes wrasei.[1][2] Originally this species was placed in the genus Aspidytes with a second species from South Africa, but was later transferred to Sinaspidytes.[3] The genus contains the single species S. wrasei.[3][4] The aquatic beetle is 4.8 - 5.2 mm long and lives in hygropetric habitats.[5]

Sinaspidytes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Aspidytidae
Genus: Sinaspidytes
Balke, Beutel & Ribera, 2016
Species:
S. wrasei
Binomial name
Sinaspidytes wrasei
(Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003)

References

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  1. ^ Citizen science observations for Sinaspidytes at iNaturalist
  2. ^ Ribera, I.; Beutel, R. G.; Balke, M.; Vogler, A. P. (2002-11-22). "Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 269 (1507): 2351–2356. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2157. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 1691161. PMID 12495503.
  3. ^ a b Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Morinière, Jérôme; Jia, Fenglong; Xu, Shengquan; Michat, Mariano C.; Zhou, Xin; Bilton, David T.; Ribera, Ignacio; Hájek, Jiří; Balke, Michael (2015-09-17). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (3): 537–546. doi:10.1111/zoj.12332. hdl:11336/60381. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. ^ Baca, Stephen M.; Gustafson, Grey T.; Alexander, Alana M.; Gough, Harlan M.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A. (2021-07-26). "Integrative phylogenomics reveals a Permian origin of Adephaga beetles". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 968–990. Bibcode:2021SysEn..46..968B. doi:10.1111/syen.12506. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 237486703.
  5. ^ Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Ribera, I. (2016) 7.7. Aspidytidae Ribera,Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002. In: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.): Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta. Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. pp. 141-149.