Abstract
The monotypic genus Anchorosternum Jia, Wu, & Pu, 2001 (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasterinini) was originally described to accomodate A. sinense Jia, Wu & Pu, 2001, then known from four specimens collected in dung in southern China. At the timeof its description, Jia. et al. (2001) were unable to compare it with type material of other megasternine taxa occurring in the Oriental region, and as such the genus was largely diagnosed using the key to megasternine genera published by Hansen (1991),which also can be difficult to use without compartive material at hand.
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