''Radicitus'' is a Neotropical genus of

water scavenger beetle Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. Several of the former subfamilies of Hydrophilidae ...

in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Radicitus'' was described for the first time by Short & García in 2014. It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains three described species from

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, and Venezuela.

Description

Medium-sized beetles (4.5–6.2 mm), moderate to strongly convex in lateral view, dark brown in coloration, with short and stout maxillary palps; reduced hydrofuge pubescence on metafemora. The elytral punctation may present well defined rows of serial punctures. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.

Habitat

Species of ''Radicitus'' have been found on a variety of habitats associated with streams and seeps on rock outcrops.

Species

# ''Radicitus ayacucho'' Short and García, 2014: Venezuela # ''Radicitus granitum'' Short and García, 2014: Venezuela # ''Radicitus surinamensis'' Short and García, 2014:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21213687 Hydrophilidae Insects of South America