Biology:Sternolophus rufipes

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Sternolophus rufipes
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S. rufipes
Binomial name
Sternolophus rufipes
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Kollar & L.Redtenbacher, 1844 Fabricius, 1792
  • Sternolophus fulvipes Hydrophilus rufipes
  • Motschulsky, 1854 Tropisternus mergus

Sternolophus rufipes is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, China, South Korea and the Philippines.[1][2][3][4][5]

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 carinate medially. Metasternal keel glabrous and produced into a short spine posteriorly and passed to the first ventrite. On the base of middle and hind femora, there is a hydrofuge pubescence as well as in abdominal ventrites. Mesosternal keel has a small notch and long apical setae. Posterior margin of fifth ventrite is rounded.[6][7]

References

  1. Choi, Soon-Kun; Kim, Myung-Hyun; Choe, Lak-Jung; Eo, Jinu; Bang, Hea-Son (2016). "Prediction of the Flight Times of Hydrochara affinis and Sternolophus rufipes in Paddy Fields Based on RCP 8.5 Scenario". Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 18: 16–29. doi:10.5532/KJAFM.2016.18.1.16. http://koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201612461131224.page. Retrieved 2021-07-31. 
  2. Song, Young-Ju; Kim, Myung-Hyun; Lee, Sang-Hee (2019-09-01). "A counting method for the number of Sternolophus rufipes and Hydrochara affinis in a noisy trap image" (in en). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 22 (3): 802–806. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2019.06.003. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1226861518308070. Retrieved 2021-07-31. 
  3. "Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius, 1792)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4434161. 
  4. "Sternolophus rufipes". https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/51657. 
  5. Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa 4282 (2): 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31. 
  6. "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". https://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/staffhp/dd/macroinvertebrates/Coleoptera/Hydrophilidae/Sternolophus_rufipes/Sternolophus_rufipes.html. 
  7. Devi, M. Bhubaneshwari; Devi, O. Sandhyarani; Chingangbam, Dhananjoy Singh (2018). "Meiotic chromosomes of Sternolophus rufipes (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)" (in en). pp. 1598–1602. https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/?year=2018&vol=6&issue=1&ArticleId=3137. 

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