Cybister confusus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Cybister |
Species: | C. confusus
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Binomial name | |
Cybister confusus Sharp, 1882
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Cybister confusus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
It is a carnivorous fresh water beetle commonly found in ponds.[4] Alimentary canal of the adult is highly studied. It is a highly coiled tube with a length of 4 inches and divided into three regions: foregut, midgut and hindgut. Midgut is about one inch long with uniform diameter. Midgut consists with eight blind hepatic caeca.[5][6]