Porrorhynchus indicans

Porrorhynchus indicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Gyrinidae
Genus:	Porrorhynchus
Species:	P. indicans
Binomial name
Porrorhynchus indicans (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Dineutes indicans Walker 1858 Porrhorhynchus brevirostris Régimbart 1877 Porrhorrhynchus indicans Régimbart 1886 Dineutus (Porrorhynchus) indicans Ochs 1926 Porrorhynchus (Ceylorhynchus) indicans Brinck, 1955 Porrorhynchus indicans Vazirani 1969

Porrorhynchus indicans, is a species of whirligig beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Length of male is 16.6 to 19.2 mm whereas female is 15.1 to 17.0 mm. Body elongate oval, and weakly convex laterally. Dorsally head, pronotum, and elytra are olive green. Pronotum and basal parts of elytra possess yellowish lateral margins. Ventral surface yellowish to red-dish orange in color. Vertex with sparse, weakly impressed punctures. Clypeus with sparse punctation. Antenna consists with seven flagellomeres. Yellowish lateral margins are incomplete on elytra. Elytral apices with blunt parasutural point, without spines. Pronotum with shallow, weakly impressed wrinkles. Females are smaller insize and much more parallel-sided in body form.[2]

References

1. "Phylogenetics and diversification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)". digitalrepository. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
2. Gustafson, Grey T.; Miller, Kelly B. (December 2016). "Revision of the Southeast Asian Whirligig Beetle Genus Porrorhynchus Laporte, 1835 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae: Dineutini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (4): 675–714. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.675. S2CID 89364473. Retrieved 2021-08-02.