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Genus Neoscutopterus

Neoscutopterus angustus (LeConte) - Neoscutopterus angustus - male Neoscutopterus angustus (LeConte) - Neoscutopterus angustus - male Neoscutopterus angustus (LeConte) - Neoscutopterus angustus - male Black Beetle - Neoscutopterus hornii Black Beetle - Neoscutopterus hornii Diving Beetle, Neoscutopterus angustus - Neoscutopterus angustus Diving Beetle, Neoscutopterus angustus - Neoscutopterus angustus Diving Beetle, Neoscutopterus angustus - Neoscutopterus angustus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Colymbetinae
Tribe Colymbetini
Genus Neoscutopterus
Explanation of Names
Neoscutopterus Balfour-Browne 1943
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(1)
Size
13.5-16.7 mm(2)
Identification
Elytra strongly reticulated (slightly in Rhantus, transversely grooved in Colymbetes)(2)
Range
Northern transcontinental; N. angustus is more common in the east, N. hornii, in the west(2)
Habitat
in bogs, generally in cold, shaded water among sphagnum moss and other aquatic vegetation such as Carex(2)
Food
insects
Life Cycle
Reported to be semivoltine; larval stage up to 2 years; adults also overwinter(2)
Remarks
rarely collected, likely due to secretive habits and inaccessible habitat(2); often mistaken for Rhantus or Colymbetes