Porrorhynchus indicans

Porrorhynchus indicans, is a species of whirligig beetle found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Porrorhynchus indicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Gyrinidae
Genus:	Porrorhynchus
Species:	P. indicans
Binomial name
Porrorhynchus indicans (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Dineutes indicans Walker 1858 Porrhorhynchus brevirostris Régimbart 1877 Porrhorrhynchus indicans Régimbart 1886 Dineutus (Porrorhynchus) indicans Ochs 1926 Porrorhynchus (Ceylorhynchus) indicans Brinck, 1955 Porrorhynchus indicans Vazirani 1969

Description

Length of male is 16.6 to 19.2 mm whereas female is 15.1 to 17.0 mm. Body elongate oval, and weakly convex laterally. Dorsally head, pronotum, and elytra are olive green. Pronotum and basal parts of elytra possess yellowish lateral margins. Ventral surface yellowish to red-dish orange in color. Vertex with sparse, weakly impressed punctures. Clypeus with sparse punctation. Antenna consists with seven flagellomeres. Yellowish lateral margins are incomplete on elytra. Elytral apices with blunt parasutural point, without spines. Pronotum with shallow, weakly impressed wrinkles. Females are smaller in size and much more parallel-sided in body form.^[2]