Hydroglyphus flammulatus

Hydroglyphus flammulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Hydroporinae
Tribe:	Bidessini
Genus:	Hydroglyphus
Species:	H. flammulatus
Binomial name
	Hydroglyphus flammulatus; (Sharp, 1882)
Synonyms
	Hydrovatus flammulatus Sharp, 1882; Bidessus flammulatus Sharp, 1882; Guignotus flammulatus Guignot, 1954; Bidessus antennatus Regimbart, 1892; Guignotus antennatus Chujo & Sato, 1961;

Hydroglyphus flammulatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Nepal.^[1]^[2]

Description

Typical length is about 2.4 mm. Fourth segment of the protarsi and mesotarsi are much reduced, and hardly visible. Prosternal process is arched and oblique. Latero-basal plica on pronotum not continued on elytra. Scutellum is not visible.^[3] The sutural striae in elytra are complete but less distinctly carved. Elytral striae and a transverse groove behind the eyes are missing.^[4]

References

^ "INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : ADEPHAGA : FAM. HALIPLIDAE, GYRINIDAE, NOTERIDAE AND DYTISCIDAE". Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 (Part-2) : 461-474, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ Lee, Dae-Hyun; Ahn, Kee-Jeong (September 2016). "A taxonomic review of Korean Hydroglyphus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with a description of new species: Hydroglyphus in Korea". Entomological Research. 46 (5): 289–297. doi:10.1111/1748-5967.12174. S2CID 89134475. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
^ "On a Collection of Aquatic Beetles of Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India (Order Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae)". Rec. zool. Surv. India : 113(Part-2): 61-67, 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ "Results of the austrian-ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970" (PDF). Bull. Fish. Res. Stn, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Vol. 24, Nos.l & 2-pp. 83-87s 1973. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

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[1] "INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : ADEPHAGA : FAM. HALIPLIDAE, GYRINIDAE, NOTERIDAE AND DYTISCIDAE". Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 (Part-2) : 461-474, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

[2] Lee, Dae-Hyun; Ahn, Kee-Jeong (September 2016). "A taxonomic review of Korean Hydroglyphus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with a description of new species: Hydroglyphus in Korea". Entomological Research. 46 (5): 289–297. doi:10.1111/1748-5967.12174. S2CID 89134475. Retrieved 2021-08-08.

[3] "On a Collection of Aquatic Beetles of Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India (Order Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae)". Rec. zool. Surv. India : 113(Part-2): 61-67, 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

[4] "Results of the austrian-ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970" (PDF). Bull. Fish. Res. Stn, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Vol. 24, Nos.l & 2-pp. 83-87s 1973. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

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