Sternolophus rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Sternolophus
Species:
S. rufipes
Binomial name
Sternolophus rufipes
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Hydrophilus rufipes Fabricius, 1792
  • Sternolophus fulvipes Motschulsky, 1854
  • Tropisternus mergus Kollar & L.Redtenbacher, 1844

Sternolophus rufipes is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, China, South Korea and the Philippines.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

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

References

  1. ↑ Choi, Soon-Kun; Kim, Myung-Hyun; Choe, Lak-Jung; Eo, Jinu; Bang, Hea-Son (2016). "Prediction of the Flight Times of Hydrochara affinis and Sternolophus rufipes in Paddy Fields Based on RCP 8.5 Scenario". Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 18: 16–29. doi:10.5532/KJAFM.2016.18.1.16. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ↑ Song, Young-Ju; Kim, Myung-Hyun; Lee, Sang-Hee (2019-09-01). "A counting method for the number of Sternolophus rufipes and Hydrochara affinis in a noisy trap image". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22 (3): 802–806. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2019.06.003. S2CID 195435675. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius, 1792)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Sternolophus rufipes". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ↑ Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. 4282 (2): 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ↑ "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ↑ Devi, M. Bhubaneshwari; Devi, O. Sandhyarani; Chingangbam, Dhananjoy Singh (2018). "Meiotic chromosomes of Sternolophus rufipes (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. pp. 1598–1602. Retrieved 2021-07-31.


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