Biology:Laccophilus inefficiens

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Short description: Species of beetle

Laccophilus inefficiens
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Laccophilus
Species:
L. inefficiens
Binomial name
Laccophilus inefficiens
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Laccophilus chinensis Boheman, 1858
  • Hydroporus inefficiens Walker, 1859

Laccophilus inefficiens, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Iran and Malaysia.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Description

This elongated oval species has a body length of 3.43 mm.[7] Body with pale testaceous elytra with reduced brownish coloration.[8] Thread like antennae with 11 segmented which are uniformly yellowish brown in color. Eyes continuous with outline of head, and testaceous with indistinct darker spots. Pronotum also testaceous, but scutellum is not visible clearly. In elytra, there is a sub basal transverse sinuous band. Apex of each elytron without yellowish rounded patches. Elytra with undulating single or double lines, sometimes single lines reduced to irritation of small, then curved lines.[9]

References

  1. "FURTHER CONTRIBUTION ON DIVING BEETLES FROM MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE)". http://www.recordsofzsi.com/index.php/zsoi/article/viewFile/121526/83510. 
  2. "Laccophilus inefficiens (Walker, 1859)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/5999873. 
  3. "Two new species of Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from India and Borneo with notes on other species of the genus". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280310597_Two_new_species_of_Laccophilus_Leach_1815_Coleoptera_Dytiscidae_from_India_and_Borneo_with_notes_on_other_species_of_the_genus. 
  4. Sheth, Sayali D.; Padhye, Anand D.; Ghate, Hemant V. (2019). "Factors affecting aquatic beetle communities of Northern Western Ghats of India (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera)" (in en). pp. 1. doi:10.1051/limn/2018030. https://www.limnology-journal.org/articles/limn/abs/2019/01/limn180030/limn180030.html. 
  5. "Dytiscidae collected by M.A. Jäch in Bhutan, 2005 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2018030. 
  6. "Results of the austrian-ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970". https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33720525.pdf. 
  7. "Laccophilus inefficiens". https://www.kaefer-der-welt.de/laccophilus_inefficiens.htm. 
  8. "The westernmost record of Neptosternus circumductus, and a review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of Baluchistan (Iran, Pakistan)". https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-1119/1100-46_0_43.pdf. 
  9. "Morphometrical and molecular survey of some water beetles of Manipur". https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2017/vol5issue6/PartK/5-5-166-993.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2311277 entry