Species Rhantus gutticollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Rhantus gutticollis (Say) - Rhantus gutticollis

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 Rhantus

Species gutticollis (Rhantus gutticollis)

Explanation of Names

Rhantus gutticollis (Say 1834)

Size

9.8-12.7 mm(1)

Identification

Detail from this image: "Diagnostic characters include the pair of medial pronotal spots and the black colouration of the head narrowly encircling around the eyes (in the similar R. binotatus, the black colouration does not encircle the eyes). R. gutticollis is found mainly in streams and is primarily a western species." - Tim Loh, 2009

Range

w NA (BC-CA to SD-TX) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

in quiet areas of small, clear streams(1)

Works Cited

1.	Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 11 January, 2009 - 12:28am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 October, 2022 - 12:14pm

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