Cybister ventralis

Cybister ventralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Cybister
Species:	C. ventralis
Binomial name
	Cybister ventralis; Sharp, 1882
Synonyms
	Cybister crassus Sharp, 1882; Cybister (Meganectes) ventralis Sharp, 1882; Cybister gracilis Sharp, 1882 (misiden.);

Cybister ventralis, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and China.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Adult beetles are edible and consumed in fried form.^[5]^[6]

References edit

^ "Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". Skörvnöpparn, Umeå Supplement 3, 2012: 1-77. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "Cybister ventralis Sharp, 1882". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
^ "Cybister ventralis". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
^ "On the identity of Cybister chinensis MOTSCHULSKY, 1854 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 77 43–48 Wien, Juli 2007. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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^ "Cytogenetic analysis of three edible Cybister species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Manipur, India". International Journal of Research in Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

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