Delevea
| Delevea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Torridincolidae |
| Subfamily: | Deleveinae Endrödy-Younga, 1997 |
| Genus: | Delevea Reichardt, 1976 |
Delevea is a genus of Southern African[1] beetles in the family Torridincolidae, containing:[2]
- Delevea bertrandi Reichardt, 1976
- Delevea madiba Bilton and Mlambo, 2023
- Delevea namaqua Bilton and Mlambo, 2023
- Delevea namibensis Endrödy-Younga, 1997
At 2.85 mm of adult body length, Delevea namaqua is the largest species in all of the beetle suborder Myxophaga.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bilton, David T.; Mlambo, Musa C. (2023). "A revision of Delevea Reichardt, 1976: A Southern African endemic water beetle genus including the largest known extant myxophagans (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae)". Zootaxa. 5285 (2): 311–324. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.5. PMID 37518704.
- ↑ Torridincolidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.