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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hydroporini » Deronectina » Mystonectes
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Saltwater beetles - Mystonectes
Copyright © 2016 James Bailey

Saltwater beetles - Mystonectes
Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA
March 11, 2016
A few of these small beetles in isolated salt water. Bound to be of interest...

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Contributed by James Bailey on 14 March, 2016 - 11:43am
Last updated 12 June, 2020 - 9:40pm

Moved
Moved from Boreonectes.
… Claude Tessier, 12 June, 2020 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.

This is either B. coelamboides or B. panaminti. The characters needed to separate these two species won't be visible in these photos. I just talked to a colleague who specializes in dytiscids. He suggested the species may wind up being synonymized at some point. Also, see the note on the info page. Placement to this genus is apparently tentative.
… Brady Richards, 14 March, 2016 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Aquatic Insects of California: With Keys to North American [...]
suggests B. panaminti is the only one in range? According to that B. coelamboides is known from southeastern CA, but not Death Valley where panaminti is.
… James Bailey, 14 March, 2016 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be either
The more recent keys list B. panaminti from Death Valley, but B. coelamboides is more widely ranged. As I said earlier, there seems to be doubt that these are distinct species.
… Brady Richards, 14 March, 2016 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Brady
Specimens were collected elsewhere in the park by NPS workers. I'll talk to them and see if we can get the specimens sent off for ID.
… James Bailey, 14 March, 2016 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review to Dytiscidae (could be cool)
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 March, 2016 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
There's one species
Agabus rumppi, which is in Death Valley, but don't know what it looks like.
… James Bailey, 14 March, 2016 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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