Hydrovatus acuminatus

Hydrovatus acuminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Hydrovatus
Species:	H. acuminatus
Binomial name
Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
Synonyms
Hydroporus badiusClark, 1863 Hydroporus malaccaeClark, 1863 Hydrovatus affinisRégimbart, 1895 Hydrovatus consanguineusRégimbart, 1880 Hydrovatus ferrugineusZimmermann, 1919 Hydrovatus furvusGuignot, 1950 Hydrovatus humilisSharp, 1882 Hydrovatus obscurusRégimbart, 1895 Hydrovatus obscurusMotschulsky, 1859 Hydrovatus sordidusSharp, 1882

Hydrovatus acuminatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Oriental and African regions. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

It is found in many countries including; India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Gambia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Description

Body length is about 2.3 mm. Clypeus without raised front-margin. Both dorsum and ventrum are yellowish brown. Pronotum and wing-case are sparingly and finely punctate. ^[6]

References

1. "Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
2. "IRMNG - Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
3. Hosseinie, Shidokht O. (1978). "Aquatic Coleoptera from Southwestern Iran (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, and Gyrinidae, with a Note on Hydrophilidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 32 (2): 167–175. doi:10.5962/p.371752. JSTOR   4000004 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
4. Perissinotto, Renzo; Bird, Matthew; Bilton, David (2016-06-02). "Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications". ZooKeys (595): 85–135. Bibcode:2016ZooK..595...85P. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.595.8614 . PMC   4926692 . PMID   27408569 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
5. "INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : ADEPHAGA : FAM. HALIPLIDAE, GYRINIDAE, NOTERIDAE AND DYTISCIDAE". Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 (Part-2) : 461-474, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
6. "The Dytiscidae of Japan, Part2(Hydroporinae)" (PDF). Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP. Retrieved 2021-08-06.