Hydrovatus acuminatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Oriental and African regions.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Hydrovatus |
| Species: | H. acuminatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
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Distribution
editIt is found in many countries including; India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Gambia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.[3][4][5]
Description
editBody length is about 2.3 mm. Clypeus without raised front-margin. Both dorsum and ventrum are yellowish brown. Pronotum and wing-case are sparingly and finely punctate.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "IRMNG - Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Hosseinie, Shidokht O. (1978). "Aquatic Coleoptera from Southwestern Iran (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, and Gyrinidae, with a Note on Hydrophilidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 32 (2): 167–175. doi:10.5962/p.371752. JSTOR 4000004. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Perissinotto, Renzo; Bird, Matthew; Bilton, David (2016-06-02). "Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications". ZooKeys (595): 85–135. Bibcode:2016ZooK..595...85P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.595.8614. PMC 4926692. PMID 27408569. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Dytiscidae of Japan, Part2(Hydroporinae)" (PDF). Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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