Neptosternus ceylonicus

Neptosternus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Neptosternus
Species:	N. ceylonicus
Binomial name
	Neptosternus ceylonicus; Holmen & Vazirani, 1990

Neptosternus ceylonicus is a species of beetle.[1] Its holotype was found in Sri Lanka. The specimens were captured in running water or when flying towards light in the evening.

Description

This species resembles other smaller or medium-sized species of Neptosternus. It may be recognized by the size, fairly widely oval shape of its body, the colour-patterns of pronotum and elytra, and the shape of the penis in the males. Its length is between 2.8 and 3.0 millimetres (0.11 and 0.12 in), while its breadth is between 1.5 and 1.6 millimetres (0.059 and 0.063 in). It shape is elongate and oval, moderately convex dorsally; and its upper surface shining. Its head and antennae are yellowish in colour, with fine and remote punctation on the head. It also has a reticulate surface. The pronotum is yellowish with a narrow transverse slightly darker band in the middle, and an anterior submarginal row of punctures that are irregular.[1]

References

Hendrich, L., and M. Balke. "Two new species of Neptosternus SHARP 1882 from Southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)." Linzer biologische Beiträge 31.1 (1999): 57-62.

External links

ITIS entry

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[Holmen_&_Vazirani-1] Hendrich, L., and M. Balke. "Two new species of Neptosternus SHARP 1882 from Southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)." Linzer biologische Beiträge 31.1 (1999): 57-62.