Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Hydaticus vittatus

Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Dytiscinae
Tribe: Hydaticini

Habitat: Wetland

General appearance: Medium size; 9 - 11 mm. Large black markings on elytra and pronotum, not dotted as in H. rhantoides. Posterior margins of first four segments of hind tarsi transversely wiht a coare fringe of flat, adpressed, golden-yellow setae.

Fullview
Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Head in ventral view
Prosternal and hind coxal process
Right hind tarsi (ventral view)

 

Reference:
Pederzani, F. (1995). Keys to the identification of the genera and subgenera of adult Dytiscidae (sensu lato) of the world (Coleoptera Dytiscidae). Atti dell'Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, a, 244, 5-83.

Hydaticus vittatus