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Species Ectopria nervosa

Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria nervosa black and orange beetle - Ectopria nervosa - female Water penny beetle - Ectopria nervosa Beetle - Ectopria nervosa - female Black beetle with orange pronotum - Ectopria nervosa Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Ectopria nervosa   - Ectopria nervosa marsh beetle ? - Ectopria nervosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Psephenidae (Water Penny Beetles)
Subfamily Eubriinae
Genus Ectopria
Species nervosa (Ectopria nervosa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ectopria thoracica (Ziegler) (see Dr Chandler's comment); treated as a separate sp. in(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Ectopria nervosa (Melsheimer 1845)
Size
3-5 mm
Range
e NA (NS-FL to ON-OK) - Map (1)(2)*(3)(4) [*as E. thoracica]
Works Cited
1.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
2.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)