Subfamily Laccophilinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification

Rio Grande water beetle - Laccophilus mexicanus

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Laccophilus biguttatus - male

Beetle larva -- Rhantus sp? - Laccophilus

Laccophilus - Laccophilus maculosus - female

Laccophilus - Laccophilus quadrilineatus - male

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 Laccophilinae

Numbers

2 Nearctic genera: Laccophilus and Laccodytes

Identification

See the Laccophilus genus page for description of diagnostic characters

Contributed by Tim Loh on 8 February, 2009 - 1:12am
Last updated 23 February, 2009 - 12:18pm

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