Rhantus taprobanicus

Rhantus taprobanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Rhantus
Species:
R. taprobanicus
Binomial name
Rhantus taprobanicus
Sharp, 1890

Rhantus taprobanicus is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

Reticulation of ventral side not distinct. Elytra with more spaced normal striae of punctures. Anterior claws are thinner.[4] Suture between metapisternum and metasternal wing is curved. The apical spurs of hind tibiae are blunt and more or less bifid.[5]

References

  1. ^ "FURTHER CONTRIBUTION ON DIVING BEETLES FROM MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE)". Rec. zool. Surv. India : 115(Part-1) : 81-84, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. ^ "Rhantus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. ^ "Systematical and faunistical studies on Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical species of Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ "INSECT: AQUATIC COLEOPTERA (FAMILY: GYRINIDAE, DYTISCIDAE AND HYDROPHILIDAE)" (PDF). Zool. Surv. India Fauna of KopiU Hydro Electric Project site, Wetland Ecosystem Series 8, 51-57, 2008. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  5. ^ "Insect Coleoptera Fauna of Delhi". State Fauna Series 6: Fauna of Delhi, 325-353, 1997. Retrieved 2021-08-06.


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