Sternolophus inconspicuus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Sternolophus
Species:
S. inconspicuus
Binomial name
Sternolophus inconspicuus
(Nietner, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Hydrous inconspicuus Nietner, 1856
  • Sternolophus brachyacanthus Régimbart, 1902

Sternolophus inconspicuus, is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

This large oval species has a body size of about 10.2 mm.[6] Elytra with four distinct rows of systematic punctures. Antennae with nine segments. Prosternum highly tectiform and medially carinate. On the base of middle and hind femora, there is a hydrofuge pubescence as well as in abdominal ventrites. Metasternal keel glabrous and produced into a short spine posteriorly. Mesosternal keel has a small notch. There is an apical emargination on the posterior margin of fifth ventrite.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sheth, Sayali D.; Padhye, Anand D.; Ghate, Hemant V. (2019). "Factors affecting aquatic beetle communities of Northern Western Ghats of India (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera)". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. p. 1. doi:10.1051/limn/2018030. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus (Nietner, 1856)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ↑ Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. p. 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ↑ "A remarkable collection of aquatic and riparian beetles from Xiachayu, Zayü County, southeastern Tibet (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Spercheidae, Hydrophilidae, Heteroceridae, Limnichidae)". Koleopterologische Rundschau 82 65–69 Wien, September 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  6. ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ↑ "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2021-07-31.


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