Cybister chinensis
| Cybister chinensis | |
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| male Cybister chinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Cybister |
| Species: | C. chinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cybister chinensis Motschulsky, 1854
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| Synonyms | |
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Cybister japonicus Sharp, 1873 | |
Cybister chinensis is a species of diving beetle native to East Asia. It is predatory, feeding on tadpoles, small fish and aquatic insects, and adults are about 3.3–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in) long.[1]
References
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- ^ Ohba, S.-Y. (2009). "Ontogenetic Dietary Shift in the Larvae of Cybister japonicus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Japanese Rice Fields". Environmental Entomology. 38 (3): 856–860. doi:10.1603/022.038.0339. PMID 19508796.
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