Graphoderus austriacus is a species of beetle in family Dytiscidae.[1]
Graphoderus austriacus | |
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Graphoderus austriacus. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Graphoderus |
Species: | G. austriacus
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Binomial name | |
Graphoderus austriacus (Sturm, 1834)
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Description
editGraphoderus austriacus can reach a length of about 13.5 millimetres (0.53 in).[2] Body is broadly oval. There is a small transverse fascia on the pronotum.[3]
Distribution
editThis species is present in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Russia (Central, East and South), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.[4]
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Illustration from Calwer's Käferbuch
Bibliography
edit- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001), World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)
- ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Graphoderus austriacus.
Wikispecies has information related to Graphoderus austriacus.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Beetles and Coleopterologists
- ^ Anders N. Nilsson,Morgens Holmen The Aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of the Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- ^ Graphoderus austriacus at Fauna Europaea