Helopeltarium


Helopeltarium is a genus of water [scavenger beetle] in the family Hydrophilidae represented by only one species. It is known only from Myanmar.

Taxonomy

The genus Helopeltarium was described for the first time by Armand d'Orchymont in 1943. The genus is represented by only one species known from two specimens.

Description

Small beetles, strongly dorsoventrally flattened, orange-brown in coloration; pronotum and elytra laterally explanate. A more complete diagnosis was presented by Jennifer C. Girón and Andrew [Edward Z. Short].

Species

Helopeltarium ferrugineum d’Orchymont, 1943