Pelthydrus suffarcinatus

Pelthydrus suffarcinatus, is a species of water scavenger beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Pelthydrus
Species:
P. suffarcinatus
Binomial name
Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
Schönmann, 1995

Description

Body length of male is about 2.35 to 2.60 mm. Body oval and convex. There are distinctive, curved ridges in the apical third of the elytra. Elytral apical end is broadly rounded, and slightly drawn in at the elytral suture. Mesosternal process reduced on the clearly raised median ridge. Metasternal surface is broadly deltoid. Aedeagus almost built parallel, then slightly curved outwards.[3]

References
  1. "Pelthydrus suffarcinatus Schönmann, 1995". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. "In memoriam Heinrich A. Schönmann (1948–2017)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 88 281–292 Wien, September 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. "Revision der Gattung Pelthydrus Orchymont. 2. Teil: Pelthydrus s. str.(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 65 105 - 144 Wien, Juni 1995. Retrieved 2021-07-30.


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