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Cybister tripunctatus, known as the Three-punctured Diving Beetle, is a large carnivorous beetle that feeds on tadpoles, fish, and aquatic insects. The adult Cybister tripunctatus are known to fly great distances at night searching for water. They are also attracted to street lights.
Found hroughout Australia (except the south coast and Tasmania), Cybister tripunctatus lives in still waters including ponds, lakes and river pools. They live under the water by breathing air that is stored under its wing cases.
They have four stages in their life cycle: egg – larva – pupa – adult. The adult diving beetle have a streamlined shape, a pair of thin antennae and three pairs of legs. Their back legs have a thick fringe of swimming hairs.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Adephaga
- Superfamily: Caraboidea
- Family: Dytiscidae
- Subfamily: Dytiscinae
- Tribe: Cybistrini
- Genus: Cybister
- Species: Cybister tripunctatus
Footnote & References
- Cybister tripunctatus (Olivier, 1795), Diving Beetle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cybister tripunctatus
- Three-punctured Diving Beetle, Scientific name: Cybister tripunctatus, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/three-punctured-diving-beetle/
- Three-punctured Diving Beetle (Cybister tripunctatus), iNaturalistAU (observation), https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/246439338
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