en Aulonogyrus obliquus

Aulonogyrus obliquus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Gyrinidae
Genus:	Aulonogyrus
Species:	A. obliquus
Binomial name
	Aulonogyrus obliquus; (Walker, 1858))
Synonyms
	Gyrinus obliquus Walker, 1858;

Aulonogyrus obliquus is a species of beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Description

It is recorded from Eastern Ghats and North Western Himalaya and Silent Valley in Kerala.

The species is elongate-ovate with a black color dorsum and ventrum. Head with fine wrinkles and clypeus transverse. Antennae black, stout and short. Pronotum transverse. Elytra apically truncate with margined lateral sides. Scutellum is transverse.^[2]

References

^ "Cenozoic out-of-Africa dispersal shaped diversification of the whirligig beetle genus Aulonogyrus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrinini)". Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(2). Retrieved 2021-06-17.
^ "Gyrinidae of Silent Valley" (PDF). Rec. zool. Surv. India. 84 (1-4): 59–66. 1966. Retrieved 2021-06-17.

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[1] "Cenozoic out-of-Africa dispersal shaped diversification of the whirligig beetle genus Aulonogyrus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrinini)". Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(2). Retrieved 2021-06-17.

[2] "Gyrinidae of Silent Valley" (PDF). Rec. zool. Surv. India. 84 (1-4): 59–66. 1966. Retrieved 2021-06-17.

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