Aulonogyrus obliquus is a species of beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.[1]

Aulonogyrus obliquus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Genus: Aulonogyrus
Species:
A. obliquus
Binomial name
Aulonogyrus obliquus
(Walker, 1858))
Synonyms
  • Gyrinus obliquus Walker, 1858

Description

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It is recorded from Eastern Ghats and North Western Himalaya and Silent Valley in Kerala.

The species is elongate-ovate with a black color dorsum and ventrum. Head with fine wrinkles and clypeus transverse. Antennae black, stout and short. Pronotum transverse. Elytra apically truncate with margined lateral sides. Scutellum is transverse.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Cenozoic out-of-Africa dispersal shaped diversification of the whirligig beetle genus Aulonogyrus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrinini)". Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(2). Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ^ "Gyrinidae of Silent Valley" (PDF). Rec. zool. Surv. India. 84 (1-4): 59–66. 1966. Retrieved 2021-06-17.