Sternolophus rufipes is a species of water scavenger beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, China, South Korea and the Philippines.

[1][2][3][4][5] This large oval species has a body size of about 10.2 mm.

Metasternal keel glabrous and produced into a short spine posteriorly and passed to the first ventrite.

On the base of middle and hind femora, there is a hydrofuge pubescence as well as in abdominal ventrites.

Mesosternal keel has a small notch and long apical setae.