Sternolophus inconspicuus

Sternolophus inconspicuus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Hydrophiloidea
Family:	Hydrophilidae
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 found in India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Description[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ Sheth, Sayali D.; Padhye, Anand D.; Ghate, Hemant V. (2019). "Factors affecting aquatic beetle communities of Northern Western Ghats of India (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera)". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. p. 1. doi:10.1051/limn/2018030. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
^ "Sternolophus inconspicuus (Nietner, 1856)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
^ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
^ Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. p. 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
^ "A remarkable collection of aquatic and riparian beetles from Xiachayu, Zayü County, southeastern Tibet (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Spercheidae, Hydrophilidae, Heteroceridae, Limnichidae)". Koleopterologische Rundschau 82 65–69 Wien, September 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
^ "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
^ "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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[1] Sheth, Sayali D.; Padhye, Anand D.; Ghate, Hemant V. (2019). "Factors affecting aquatic beetle communities of Northern Western Ghats of India (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera)". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. p. 1. doi:10.1051/limn/2018030. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[2] "Sternolophus inconspicuus (Nietner, 1856)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[3] "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[4] Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. p. 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[5] "A remarkable collection of aquatic and riparian beetles from Xiachayu, Zayü County, southeastern Tibet (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Spercheidae, Hydrophilidae, Heteroceridae, Limnichidae)". Koleopterologische Rundschau 82 65–69 Wien, September 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-30.

[6] "Sternolophus inconspicuus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[7] "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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