Biology:Neptosternus taprobanicus
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| Neptosternus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890
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Neptosternus taprobanicus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
This long oval beetle has a body size of about 3 mm. Head and pronotum testaceous with a narrow dark-brown band found at the posterior margin of the pronotum. Pronotum yellowish with some darkened areas along anterior and posterior margins. Pronotal length is 2.6 to 3.7 mm. Elytral length is about 3.0 to 3.1 mm. Elytra dark brown in color with a testaceous lateral margin. Elytron with two separate subbasal yellow spots. The median and apical spots are distinctly connected along the lateral border. Elytral median presuturai yellow spot confluent with other yellow markings laterally, conjointly forming a more or less transverse spot.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Neptosternus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/5999748.
- ↑ "Two new species of Neptosternus SHARP 1882 from Southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0031_1_0057-0062.pdf.
- ↑ "Notes on the genera Neptosternus SHARP and Copelatus ERICHSON from Sri Lanka and India with the description of new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/KOR_60_1990_0019-0031.pdf.
- ↑ "Results of the austrian-ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970". https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33720525.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2776893 entry
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