Biology:Sternolophus inconspicuus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Sternolophus inconspicuus, is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description
This large oval species has a body size of about 10.2 mm.[6] 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.[7]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus (Nietner, 1856)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/6132464.
- ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". https://www.kaefer-der-welt.de/sternolophus_inconspicuus.htm.
- ↑ Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". pp. 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4282.2.1.
- ↑ "A remarkable collection of aquatic and riparian beetles from Xiachayu, Zayü County, southeastern Tibet (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Spercheidae, Hydrophilidae, Heteroceridae, Limnichidae)". https://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/staffhp/dd/macroinvertebrates/Coleoptera/Hydrophilidae/Sternolophus_inconspicuus/Sternolophus_inconspicuus.html.
- ↑ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". https://www.kaefer-der-welt.de/sternolophus_inconspicuus.htm.
- ↑ "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". https://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/staffhp/dd/macroinvertebrates/Coleoptera/Hydrophilidae/Sternolophus_inconspicuus/Sternolophus_inconspicuus.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q108084173 entry
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