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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hygrotini » Hygrotus » Hygrotus nubilus

Species Hygrotus nubilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hygrotus (Coelambus) nubilus (LeConte) - Hygrotus nubilus

Coelambus nubilus (LeConte) - Hygrotus nubilus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Hydroporinae

Tribe Hygrotini

Genus Hygrotus

Species nubilus (Hygrotus nubilus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Hydroporus nubilus LeConte, 1855

Syn: Coelambus nubilus (LeConte, 1855)

Explanation of Names

Hygrotus nubilus (LeConte, 1855) (1)

nubilus = 'cloudy'

Size

3.8-4.7 mm (2)

Range

e NA to the Rockies (NS-ON-MT to FL-AZ)(2)

Habitat

Mostly artificial ponds(2)

Remarks

Type locality: Fort Laramie, Wyoming.

Print References

Anderson, R.D. 1983. A revision of the Nearctic species of Hygrotus groups IV, V, and VI (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 76: 173-196.

LeConte, J.L. 1855. Analytical table of the species of Hydroporus found in the United States, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 290-299.

(3)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	A new classification of the tribe Hygrotini Portevin, 1929 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) Villastrigo et al. 2017. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa 4317 (3) 499-529.

2.	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.

3.	Phylogeny of the Hydroporinae and classification of the genus Peschetius Guignot, 1942 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Miller K.B., Wolfe G.W., Biström O. 2006. Insect Syst. Evol. 37: 257-279.

Contributed by Tim Moyer on 19 January, 2009 - 9:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, t.loh, v belov, Claude Tessier
Last updated 19 March, 2024 - 1:17pm

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