Orectochilus discifer
Orectochilus discifer, sometimes Patrus discifer, is a species of whirligig beetle found in India, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
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The average size is about 7.1 mm.[4]
It is identified as a host of ectoparasitic fungi called Laboulbenia strangulata.[5]
References
- "On the Gyrinidae of the Nerbudda River" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum, 1929. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "Insecta: Coleoptera" (PDF). Zool~ Surv. India Fauna of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Conservation Area Series, 39, 2009 : 259-299. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- TONAPI, GOPAL T. (March 1978). "Some Adaptive Features in the Respiratory System of Dineutes indicus Aubé (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)". Zoologica Scripta. pp. 107–112. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00790.x. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- "Patrus discifer". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- Try, Yorn; Kong, Vannak; Rossi, Walter (2017-07-03). "First records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Cambodia". Webbia. pp. 287–293. doi:10.1080/00837792.2017.1359476. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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