Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Régimbart, 1884

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 121

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244881

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13245210

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scientific name

Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Régimbart, 1884
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Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Régimbart, 1884

Orectochilus andamanicus Régimbart, 1884: 435 ; Ochs, 1929: 403; Balke et al., 1999: 326.

Material examined. – 8 specimens - Central catchment area - 2 ex., Seletar Reservoir , 16 May.1994, NS 134c, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 3 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 14 Jun.1994 ( ZRC) ; 2 ex, Chestnut Drive , 9 Jun.1994 ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Seletar Stream , May.1991 ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – India, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia ( Ochs, 1929 and Mazzoldi, in litt.), Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).

Ecology. – In Singapore specimens were collected in clear and well shaded streams. Orectochilus andamanicus is a rare whirligig and belongs to a group of species ( O. spiniger - group) which occur in shaded clearwater streams, mainly in forested areas of the lowlands. The beetles usually circle under fallen logs and in undercut riverbanks (Mazzoldi, in litt.).

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Gyrinidae

Genus

Orectochilus

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Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Régimbart, 1884

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael 2004
2004
Loc

Orectochilus andamanicus Régimbart, 1884: 435

Ochs 1929: 403
Regimbart, M 1884: 435
1884
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