Orectochilus discifer

Orectochilus discifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Subfamily: Gyrininae
Tribe: Orectochilini
Genus: Orectochilus
Species:
O. discifer
Binomial name
Orectochilus discifer
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Patrus discifer (Walker, 1859)

Orectochilus discifer, sometimes Patrus discifer, is a species of whirligig beetle found in India, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

The average size is about 7.1 mm.[4]

It is identified as a host of ectoparasitic fungi called Laboulbenia strangulata.[5]

References

  1. ^ "On the Gyrinidae of the Nerbudda River" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum, 1929. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ "Insecta: Coleoptera". Zool~ Surv. India Fauna of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Conservation Area Series, 39, 2009 : 259-299. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ TONAPI, GOPAL T. (March 1978). "Some Adaptive Features in the Respiratory System of Dineutes indicus Aubé (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 6 (2): 107–112. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00790.x. S2CID 84823186. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. ^ "Patrus discifer". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. ^ Try, Yorn; Kong, Vannak; Rossi, Walter (2017-07-03). "First records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Cambodia". Webbia. 72 (2): 287–293. Bibcode:2017Webbi..72..287T. doi:10.1080/00837792.2017.1359476. S2CID 90800341. Retrieved 2021-08-02.