First Record and a New Species Description of Water-Penny Beetle (Jaechanax: Psephenidae: Coleoptera) from India
A new psephenid species of the water penny beetle genus Jaechanax Lee, Sato and Yang, 2000, J. kuranganiensis sp. nov., is described from India and compared to its most similar species. The new species represents the first record of the genus from Tamil Nadu province, India.
Authors
- Sankarappan Anbalagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0443-5450)
- M Ramar
- M. Saranya
- Sikkanthar Basil Mohamedu
- C Shantha Philomina
Institutions
- Madurai Kamaraj University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Entomology
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2025.3421
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
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