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Hydroglyphus inconstans

Hydroglyphus inconstans, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan. It is an alkaliphilous beetle species.

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Hydroglyphus inconstans
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Hydroglyphus inconstans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Hydroporinae
Tribe: Bidessini
Genus: Hydroglyphus
Species:
H. inconstans
Binomial name
Hydroglyphus inconstans
(Régimbart, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Bidessus inconstans Régimbart, 1892
  • Bidessus fulvescens Zimmermann, 1923
  • Guignotus fulvescens (Zimmermann, 1923)
  • Guignotus inconstans (Régimbart, 1892)

Hydroglyphus inconstans, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan.12345 It is an alkaliphilous beetle species.6

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  2. "Hydroglyphus inconstans (Régimbart, 1892)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. Sheth, Sayali D.; Padhye, Anand D.; Ghate, Hemant V. (2021). "Effect of environment on functional traits of co-occurring water beetles". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 57: 2. doi:10.1051/limn/2020030. S2CID 234225837. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. "Studies on the fresh water aquatic beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Insecta) of Chilika lake and its adjoining areas and their colonization in brackish water" (PDF). International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2016; 3(6): 19-24. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. "An annotated list of Dytiscidae (Coleóptera) recorded from Taiwan" (PDF). zobodat.at. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  6. "The influence pH and salinity on the distribution of hydradephagan beetles". International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences ISSN: 2455-9571 Volume 3, Issue 1, pp: 9-17, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-07.