Sternopriscus signatus

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Dytiscidae
Genus: Sternopriscus

Name

Sternopriscus signatus Sharp, 1882

Type locality

Murray River, South Australia.

Type material

Holotype: female, "Holotype", "S.Australia", "Murray River", "Type 163 Sternopriscus signatus n.sp." (BMNH).

DNA Sequences

Not yet available.

Description

Measurements: Holotype, female: TL = 2.40 mm, TL – H = 2.16 mm; width = 1.20 mm.

Colour: Head testaceous; pronotum testaceous, anterior and posterior margins of pronotum black; elytron variegated dark brown and testaceous; ventral surface dark brown to black, appendages and sides of prosternum lighter.

Sculpture: Reticulate, strongly and closely rugose-punctate, weaker on head. Pronotal plicae distinct, reaching to about half way along pronotum, area between them shallowly depressed.

Male: Not known.

Female: Antenna and legs simple; basal segments of pro- and mesotarsi moderately expanded.

Habitat

Unknown.

Distribution

Murray Darling Basin, South Australia (Watts 1978, Lawrence et al. 1987).

References

• Hendrich, L.; Watts, C.H.S. 2004: Taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Sternopriscus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 74: 75–142.