Hydrovatus acuminatus

Hydrovatus acuminatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Hydrovatus
Species:	H. acuminatus
Binomial name
Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
Synonyms
Hydroporus badius Clark, 1863 Hydroporus malaccae Clark, 1863 Hydrovatus affinis Régimbart, 1895 Hydrovatus consanguineus Régimbart, 1880 Hydrovatus ferrugineus Zimmermann, 1919 Hydrovatus furvus Guignot, 1950 Hydrovatus humilis Sharp, 1882 Hydrovatus obscurus Régimbart, 1895 Hydrovatus obscurus Motschulsky, 1859 Hydrovatus sordidus Sharp, 1882

Hydrovatus acuminatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Oriental and African regions.[1][2]

Distribution

It is found in many countries including; India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Gambia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.[3][4][5]

Description

Body length is about 2.3 mm. Clypeus without raised front-margin. Both dorsum and ventrum are yellowish brown. Pronotum and wing-case are sparingly and finely punctate.[6]

References

1. "Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
2. "IRMNG - Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
3. Hosseinie, Shidokht O. (1978). "Aquatic Coleoptera from Southwestern Iran (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, and Gyrinidae, with a Note on Hydrophilidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 32 (2): 167–175. doi:10.5962/p.371752. JSTOR 4000004. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
4. Perissinotto, Renzo; Bird, Matthew; Bilton, David (2016-06-02). "Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications". ZooKeys (595): 85–135. Bibcode:2016ZooK..595...85P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.595.8614. PMC 4926692. PMID 27408569. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
5. "INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : ADEPHAGA : FAM. HALIPLIDAE, GYRINIDAE, NOTERIDAE AND DYTISCIDAE". Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 (Part-2) : 461-474, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
6. "The Dytiscidae of Japan, Part2(Hydroporinae)" (PDF). Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP. Retrieved 2021-08-06.