Enochrus esuriens explained

Enochrus (Methydrus) esuriens, is a species of water scavenger beetle found in Indochina, Korea, China, Japan, Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Sunda Island, Saudi Arabia and Australia.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Description

Body length is about 2.4 to 2.8 mm. Body oval and convex. Dorsum yellowish brown whereas ventrum blackish. Head dark with preocular spots. Mentum consists with compact long setae on anterior part. Pronotum without a central dark spot. Elytra without stria. Mesoventral process is protruded posteriorly, with characteristic beak-shaped with sparse setae. Abdomen consists with five vetrites and zig-zag shaped maxillary palpi. Sternite VII with emargination visible in between apex and medial part. Median lobe of aedeagus in male is long and triangular along with reversed U-shaped and relatively thick corona.[8] [9]

It is inhabited in both brackish and fresh water.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enochrus esuriens . 2021-07-30 . www.kaefer-der-welt.de.
  2. 2020-08-01 . Seasonal study of the decomposition pattern and insects on a submerged pig cadaver . 2021-07-30 . Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine . 102023 . en . 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102023. Dalal . Jyoti . Sharma . Sapna . Bhardwaj . Tapeshwar . Dhattarwal . S.K. . Verma . Kapil . 74 . 32784108 . 221125845 .
  3. Jia . Fenglong . Wang . Yun . 2010-01-01 . A revision of the species of Enochrus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from China . 2021-07-30 . Oriental Insects . 44 . 361–385 . 10.1080/00305316.2010.10417622. 84573821 .
  4. Jung . Sang Woo . Min . Hong Ki . Lee . Dae-Hyun . 2020 . Aquatic Beetles Fauna in Nohwa and Bogil Islands, and Copelatus parallelus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and Scirtes sobrinus (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) New to South Korea . 2021-07-30 . Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity . 36 . 2 . 128–138 . 10.5635/ASED.2020.36.2.004.
  5. Darilmaz . Mustafa C. . Ahmed . Zubair . 2016-01-25 . Aquatic Coleoptera from Pakistan: faunistic and zoogeographical contribution (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Dytiscidae: Hydrophilidae) . 2021-07-30 . Journal of Natural History . 50 . 3–4 . 149–162 . 10.1080/00222933.2015.1059515. 86193874 .
  6. Web site: Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae) PROMMALIA, II, 51-62 . 2021-07-30 . PROMMALIA. Vol. II, 2014.
  7. Web site: Enochrus esuriens (Walker, 1858) . 2021-07-30 . www.gbif.org . en.
  8. 2016-09-01 . A taxonomic review of Enochrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in Korea . 2021-07-30 . Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity . 335–343 . en . 10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.010. Lee . Dae-Hyun . Ahn . Kee-Jeong . 9 . 3 . free .
  9. Web site: Water scavenger beetles of Kinmen County, Taiwan (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) . 2021-07-30 . (TW J. of Biodivers.) 23 (1): 39-62, 2021.
  10. Web site: Studies on the fresh water aquatic beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Insecta) of Chilika lake and its adjoining areas and their colonization in brackish water . 2021-07-30 . International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2016; 3(6): 19-24.

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