Hydrovatus rufoniger, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Sumatra, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Australian region.[1][2][3]

Hydrovatus rufoniger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Hydrovatus
Species:
H. rufoniger
Binomial name
Hydrovatus rufoniger
(Clark, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Hydrovatus atricolor Régimbart, 1880

Subspecies

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Two subspecies have been identified.[4]

  • Hydrovatus rufoniger politus Sharp, 1882
  • Hydrovatus rufoniger rufoniger (Clark, 1863)

References

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  1. ^ Ghosh SK, Nilsson AN (2012). "Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Skörvnöpparn. 3 (Supplement). Umeå: 1–77.
  2. ^ Jäch MA, Easton ER (1998). "Water beetles of Macao (Coleoptera)" (PDF). In Jäch MA, Ji L (eds.). Water beetles of China. Vol. 2. Wien: Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft (Section of Entomology) and Wiener Coleopterologenverein. pp. 43–50. ISBN 978-3-901606-01-4.
  3. ^ Biström O, Bergsten J (2016-11-16). "Two new species of the megadiverse lentic diving-beetle genus Hydrovatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) described from NE Thailand". ZooKeys (632): 57–66. Bibcode:2016ZooK..632...57B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.632.10483. PMC 5126545. PMID 27920604.
  4. ^ "Hydrovatus rufoniger (Clark, 1863)". The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-08-10 – via Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).