''Rhantus taprobanicus'', is a species of

predaceous diving beetle The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a Family (biology), family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a ...

found in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Description

Reticulation of ventral side not distinct. Elytra with more spaced normal striae of punctures. Anterior claws are thinner. Suture between metapisternum and metasternal wing is curved. The apical spurs of hind tibiae are blunt and more or less bifid.

References

Dytiscidae Insects of Sri Lanka Insects described in 1890 {{Dytiscidae-stub