Sternolophus rufipes

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Sternolophus rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Genus:
Sternolophus
Species:
S. rufipes
Binomial name
Sternolophus rufipes
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Hydrophilus rufipes Fabricius, 1792
  • Sternolophus fulvipes Motschulsky, 1854
  • Tropisternus mergus Kollar & L.Redtenbacher, 1844

Sternolophus rufipes is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, China, South Korea and the Philippines.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description[]

This large oval species has a body size of about 10.2 mm. Elytra with four distinct rows of systematic punctures. Antennae with nine segments. Prosternum highly tectiform and carinate medially. Metasternal keel glabrous and produced into a short spine posteriorly and passed to the first ventrite. On the base of middle and hind femora, there is a hydrofuge pubescence as well as in abdominal ventrites. Mesosternal keel has a small notch and long apical setae. Posterior margin of fifth ventrite is rounded.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Choi, Soon-Kun; Kim, Myung-Hyun; Choe, Lak-Jung; Eo, Jinu; Bang, Hea-Son (2016). "Prediction of the Flight Times of Hydrochara affinis and Sternolophus rufipes in Paddy Fields Based on RCP 8.5 Scenario". Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. pp. 16–29. doi:10.5532/KJAFM.2016.18.1.16. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ "A counting method for the number of Sternolophus rufipes and Hydrochara affinis in a noisy trap image". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 2019-09-01. pp. 802–806. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2019.06.003. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ "Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius, 1792)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ "Sternolophus rufipes". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ^ Nasserzadeh, Hiva; Komarek, Albrecht (2017-06-26). "Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Zootaxa. p. 201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ^ "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ^ Devi, M. Bhubaneshwari; Devi, O. Sandhyarani; Chingangbam, Dhananjoy Singh (2018). "Meiotic chromosomes of Sternolophus rufipes (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. pp. 1598–1602. Retrieved 2021-07-31.


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