Sternolophus inconspicuus

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Sternolophus inconspicuus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Genus: Sternolophus
Species:
S. inconspicuus
Binomial name
Sternolophus inconspicuus
(Nietner, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Hydrous inconspicuus Nietner, 1856
  • Sternolophus brachyacanthus Régimbart, 1902

Sternolophus inconspicuus, is a species of water scavenger beetle. It ranges from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia, north to Korea and Japan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

This large oval species has a body size of about 10.2 mm. [6] Elytra with four distinct rows of systematic punctures. Antennae with nine segments. Prosternum highly tectiform and medially carinate. On the base of middle and hind femora, there is a hydrofuge pubescence as well as in abdominal ventrites. Metasternal keel glabrous and produced into a short spine posteriorly. Mesosternal keel has a small notch. There is an apical emargination on the posterior margin of fifth ventrite. [7]

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References

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