Orectochilus discifer explained

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 Laboulbenia strangulata.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: On the Gyrinidae of the Nerbudda River . 2021-07-31 . Records of the Indian Museum, 1929.
  2. Web site: Insecta: Coleoptera . 2021-07-31 . Zool~ Surv. India Fauna of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Conservation Area Series, 39, 2009 : 259-299.
  3. TONAPI . GOPAL T. . March 1978 . Some Adaptive Features in the Respiratory System of Dineutes indicus Aubé (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) . 2021-08-02 . Zoologica Scripta . 6 . 2 . 107–112 . 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00790.x. 84823186 .
  4. Web site: Patrus discifer . 2021-08-02 . www.kaefer-der-welt.de.
  5. Try . Yorn . Kong . Vannak . Rossi . Walter . 2017-07-03 . First records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Cambodia . 2021-08-02 . Webbia . 72 . 2 . 287–293 . 10.1080/00837792.2017.1359476. 2017Webbi..72..287T . 90800341 .

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