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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Agabinae » Agabini » Platambus » Platambus semivittatus

Species Platambus semivittatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Predacious Diving Beetle - Platambus semivittatus Folsom Diver - Platambus semivittatus Folsom Diver - Platambus semivittatus predaceous diving beetle - Platambus semivittatus - female predaceous diving beetle - Platambus semivittatus - female Beetle - Platambus semivittatus predaceous diving beetle - Platambus semivittatus predaceous diving beetle - Platambus semivittatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Agabinae
Tribe Agabini
Genus Platambus
Species semivittatus (Platambus semivittatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platambus semivittatus (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Agabus semivittatus LeConte 1852
Size
Length = 6.6 to 8.7 mm (1)
Range
widely dist. (QC to CA, absent se & nw US) / Mex. - Map [(1)(2), mostly Great Lakes to AZ
Habitat
generally occurs in lotic habitats such as streams, seeps and springfed ponds (1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1852. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 125–216.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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 Tim Loh on 18 February, 2009 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 1:57pm

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