Sternolophus rufipes explained

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]

Notes and 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 . 2021-07-31 . Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology . 18 . 16–29 . 10.5532/KJAFM.2016.18.1.16.
  2. 2019-09-01 . A counting method for the number of Sternolophus rufipes and Hydrochara affinis in a noisy trap image . 2021-07-31 . Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology . 802–806 . en . 10.1016/j.aspen.2019.06.003. Song . Young-Ju . Kim . Myung-Hyun . Lee . Sang-Hee . 22 . 3 . 195435675 .
  3. Web site: Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius, 1792) . 2021-07-31 . www.gbif.org . en.
  4. Web site: Sternolophus rufipes . 2021-07-31 . www.cabi.org.
  5. Nasserzadeh . Hiva . Komarek . Albrecht . 2017-06-26 . Taxonomic revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) . 2021-07-31 . Zootaxa . 4282 . 2 . 201 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.1.
  6. Web site: Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong . 2021-07-31 . www.biosch.hku.hk.
  7. Web site: Devi . M. Bhubaneshwari . Devi . O. Sandhyarani . Chingangbam . Dhananjoy Singh . 2018 . Meiotic chromosomes of Sternolophus rufipes (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) . 2021-07-31 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies . 1598–1602 . en.

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