Rhantus taprobanicus is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Rhantus |
| Species: | R. taprobanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhantus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890
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Description
editReticulation of ventral side not distinct. Elytra with more spaced normal striae of punctures. Anterior claws are thinner.[4] Suture between metapisternum and metasternal wing is curved. The apical spurs of hind tibiae are blunt and more or less bifid.[5]
References
edit- ^ "FURTHER CONTRIBUTION ON DIVING BEETLES FROM MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE)". Rec. zool. Surv. India : 115(Part-1) : 81-84, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Rhantus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ "Systematical and faunistical studies on Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical species of Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ "INSECT: AQUATIC COLEOPTERA (FAMILY: GYRINIDAE, DYTISCIDAE AND HYDROPHILIDAE)" (PDF). Zool. Surv. India Fauna of KopiU Hydro Electric Project site, Wetland Ecosystem Series 8, 51-57, 2008. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Insect Coleoptera Fauna of Delhi". State Fauna Series 6: Fauna of Delhi, 325-353, 1997. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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