Genus Hydroporus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Hydroporinae

Genus Hydroporus

Explanation of Names

Author: Clairville (1806)

Numbers

A large genus with about 55 currently recognized species in North America (1)

Size

2.6-7.1 mm (1)

Identification

Adults:

epipleuron with no carina at the humeral angle (separates from Hygrotus)

metacoxal lobes not incised medially; hind (posterior) margins of metacoxal lobes generally straight or slightly angled medially (1)

colouration generally dark on the elytra and ventral surface; some with pale markings on the dorsal surface

Range

Throughout North America

Habitat

lentic; usually at the shallow margins of ponds and other bodies of standing water; among emergent vegetation

See Also

Hygrotus

Neoporus

Laccornis

Internet References

Discover Life in America

Works Cited

1.	Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska By D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley

Contributed by tom murray on 3 February, 2008 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by t.loh
Last updated 20 February, 2009 - 9:42pm

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