Orectochilus discifer

Orectochilus discifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Gyrinidae
Subfamily:	Gyrininae
Tribe:	Orectochilini
Genus:	Orectochilus
Species:	O. discifer
Binomial name
Orectochilus discifer (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Patrus discifer (Walker, 1859)

Orectochilus discifer, sometimes Patrus discifer, is a species of whirligig beetle found in India, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

The average size is about 7.1 mm.[4]

It is identified as a host of ectoparasitic fungi called Laboulbenia strangulata.[5]

References

1. "On the Gyrinidae of the Nerbudda River" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum, 1929. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
2. "Insecta: Coleoptera". Zool~ Surv. India Fauna of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Conservation Area Series, 39, 2009 : 259-299. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
3. TONAPI, GOPAL T. (March 1978). "Some Adaptive Features in the Respiratory System of Dineutes indicus Aubé (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 6 (2): 107–112. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00790.x. S2CID 84823186. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
4. "Patrus discifer". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
5. Try, Yorn; Kong, Vannak; Rossi, Walter (2017-07-03). "First records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Cambodia". Webbia. 72 (2): 287–293. Bibcode:2017Webbi..72..287T. doi:10.1080/00837792.2017.1359476. S2CID 90800341. Retrieved 2021-08-02.