| Aulonogyrus obliquus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Gyrinidae |
| Genus: | Aulonogyrus |
| Species: | A. obliquus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonogyrus obliquus (Walker, 1858)) | |
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Aulonogyrus obliquus is a species of beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.
Description
It is recorded from Eastern Ghats and North Western Himalaya and Silent Valley in Kerala.
The species is elongate-ovate with a black color dorsum and ventrum. Head with fine wrinkles and clypeus transverse. Antennae black, stout and short. Pronotum transverse. Elytra apically truncate with margined lateral sides. Scutellum is transverse.
References
- "Cenozoic out-of-Africa dispersal shaped diversification of the whirligig beetle genus Aulonogyrus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrinini)". Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(2). Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Gyrinidae of Silent Valley" (PDF). Rec. zool. Surv. India. 84 (1-4): 59–66. 1966. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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| Aulonogyrus obliquus | |
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