Sternolophus | |
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S. inconspicuus from Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Tribe: | Hydrophilini |
Genus: | Sternolophus Solier, 1834 |
Sternolophus is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae containing nine described species in two subgenera. [1]
These nine species belong to the genus Sternolophus:
François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, also known as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau.
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