Biology:Hyphydrus loriae

Short description: Species of beetle

Hyphydrus loriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Hyphydrus
Species:	H. loriae
Binomial name
Hyphydrus loriae Régimbart, 1892

Hyphydrus loriae is a species of beetles of the family Dytiscidae.

Description

Hyphydrus loriae can reach a length of 30–31 millimetres (1.2–1.2 in). Pronotum and elytra are blackish, while legs and antennae are reddish. These water beetles have oval, flattened and streamlined bodies adapted for aquatic life.

Distribution

This species can be found in Papua New Guinea.

References

• Catalogue of life
• Universal Biological Indexer
• Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World
• Landesmuseum
• Revision des Dytiscidae de la region Indo-Sino-Malaise

Wikidata ☰ Q2141165 entry