Pelthydrus suffarcinatus

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Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
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P. suffarcinatus
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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]

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References

  1. "Pelthydrus suffarcinatus Schönmann, 1995". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. "In memoriam Heinrich A. Schönmann (1948–2017)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 88 281–292 Wien, September 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. "Revision der Gattung Pelthydrus Orchymont. 2. Teil: Pelthydrus s. str.(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 65 105 - 144 Wien, Juni 1995. Retrieved 2021-07-30.