Hydroscapha Jaechi
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''Hydroscapha jaechi'', is a species of skiff beetle endemic to
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Description

This tiny species has a length of fore body about 0.66 to 0.72 mm. Postero-median projection of the sternite VII is irregular, long and very narrow. Chaetotaxy with two tufts in Sternite V. Posterior margin of the Sternite V is weakly sinuate. In female, Sternite VI is trilobate in shape apically and the lateral margin of lateral lobes is convex. In male, aedeagus is angulate at dorsal face and laterally straight but not gradually narrowing apically.


References

Myxophaga Insects of Sri Lanka Insects described in 1994 {{Myxophaga-stub