Neptosternus taprobanicus

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Neptosternus taprobanicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Laccophilinae
Tribe: Laccophilini
Genus: Neptosternus
Species:
N. taprobanicus
Binomial name
Neptosternus taprobanicus
Sharp, 1890

Neptosternus taprobanicus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

Description

This long oval beetle has a body size of about 3 mm. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Neptosternus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Two new species of Neptosternus SHARP 1882 from Southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Linzer biol. Beitr. 31/1 57–62 30.7.1999. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Notes on the genera Neptosternus SHARP and Copelatus ERICHSON from Sri Lanka and India with the description of new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 60 19–31 Wien, 199Ö. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Results of the austrian-ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970" (PDF). Bull. Fish. Res. Stn, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Vol. 24, Nos.l & 2-pp. 83-87s 1973. Retrieved 2021-08-07.


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