Hydrovatus rufoniger

Hydrovatus rufoniger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Hydrovatus
Species:	H. rufoniger
Binomial name
	Hydrovatus rufoniger; (Clark, 1863)
Synonyms
	Hydrovatus atricolorRégimbart, 1880;

Last updated December 17, 2025

Hydrovatus rufoniger, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Sumatra, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Australian region.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies have been identified.^[4]

Hydrovatus rufoniger politusSharp, 1882
Hydrovatus rufoniger rufoniger(Clark, 1863)

References

↑ Ghosh SK, Nilsson AN (2012). "Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Skörvnöpparn. 3 (Supplement). Umeå: 1–77.
↑ Jäch MA, Easton ER (1998). "Water beetles of Macao (Coleoptera)" (PDF). In Jäch MA, Ji L (eds.). Water beetles of China. Vol. 2. Wien: Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft (Section of Entomology) and Wiener Coleopterologenverein. pp. 43–50. ISBN 978-3-901606-01-4.
↑ Biström O, Bergsten J (2016-11-16). "Two new species of the megadiverse lentic diving-beetle genus Hydrovatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) described from NE Thailand". ZooKeys (632): 57–66. Bibcode:2016ZooK..632...57B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.632.10483 . PMC 5126545 . PMID 27920604.
↑ "Hydrovatus rufoniger (Clark, 1863)". The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-08-10– via Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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[1] Ghosh SK, Nilsson AN (2012). "Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Skörvnöpparn. 3 (Supplement). Umeå: 1–77.

[2] Jäch MA, Easton ER (1998). "Water beetles of Macao (Coleoptera)" (PDF). In Jäch MA, Ji L (eds.). Water beetles of China. Vol. 2. Wien: Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft (Section of Entomology) and Wiener Coleopterologenverein. pp. 43–50. ISBN 978-3-901606-01-4.

[3] Biström O, Bergsten J (2016-11-16). "Two new species of the megadiverse lentic diving-beetle genus Hydrovatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) described from NE Thailand". ZooKeys (632): 57–66. Bibcode:2016ZooK..632...57B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.632.10483 . PMC 5126545 . PMID 27920604.

[4] "Hydrovatus rufoniger (Clark, 1863)". The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-08-10– via Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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