Orectochilus discifer

Orectochilus discifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Gyrinidae
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 .^[5]

References[]

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

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