Biology:Pelthydrus suffarcinatus

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Short description: Species of beetle


Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
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P. suffarcinatus
Binomial name
Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
Schönmann, 1995

Pelthydrus suffarcinatus, is a species of water scavenger beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

Body length of male is about 2.35 to 2.60 mm. Body oval and convex. There are distinctive, curved ridges in the apical third of the elytra. Elytral apical end is broadly rounded, and slightly drawn in at the elytral suture. Mesosternal process reduced on the clearly raised median ridge. Metasternal surface is broadly deltoid. Aedeagus almost built parallel, then slightly curved outwards.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q108083691 entry