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Sternolophus inconspicuus

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Species of beetle

Sternolophus inconspicuus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
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. It ranges from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia, north to Korea and Japan.

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 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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Sternolophus inconspicuus


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