Bonin Striped Diving Beetle
オガサワラセスジゲンゴロウ · Ogasawarasesujigengorou
Photo: Tomioka Masafumi / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
- Designated by
- National / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Species
- Designated on
- November 12, 1970
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- Scientific name
- Copelatus ogasawarensis
About the Bonin Diving Beetle
The Bonin diving beetle is a tiny aquatic beetle, only a few millimeters long, endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. It has lengthwise grooves on its back and lives in island ponds and pools. Vulnerable to invasive predators and changes to waterside habitat, it is a Natural Monument as a rare island insect.
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Designated as a species without a fixed area. Markers show related prefectures.
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The Bonin Striped Diving Beetle is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
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