Cybister ventralis
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ↑ "Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Skörvnöpparn, Umeå Supplement 3, 2012: 1-77. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Cybister ventralis Sharp, 1882". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Cybister ventralis". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ↑ "On the identity of Cybister chinensis MOTSCHULSKY, 1854 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 77 43–48 Wien, Juli 2007. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Cybister ventralis". 14.139.223.245. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  6. ↑ "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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