Cybister chinensis
Appearance
Cybister chinensis | |
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male Cybister chinensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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]
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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.