Cybister ventralis explained

Cybister ventralis, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and China.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Adult beetles are edible and consumed in fried form.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) . 2021-08-07 . Skörvnöpparn, Umeå Supplement 3, 2012: 1-77.
  2. Web site: Cybister ventralis Sharp, 1882 . 2021-08-09 . www.gbif.org . en.
  3. Web site: Cybister ventralis . 2021-08-09 . www.mindat.org.
  4. Web site: On the identity of Cybister chinensis MOTSCHULSKY, 1854 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) . 2021-08-07 . Koleopterologische Rundschau 77 43–48 Wien, Juli 2007.
  5. Web site: Cybister ventralis . 2021-08-09 . 14.139.223.245.
  6. Web site: Cytogenetic analysis of three edible Cybister species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Manipur, India . 2021-08-07 . International Journal of Research in Biomedicine and Biotechnology.