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Genus Sanfilippodytes

Sanfilippodytes pacificus Fall - Sanfilippodytes pacificus Small Water Beetle - Sanfilippodytes Sanfilippodytes terminalis (Sharp) - Sanfilippodytes terminalis - male Sanfilippodytes latebrosus (LeConte) - Sanfilippodytes latebrosus Sanfilippodytes latebrosus (LeConte) - Sanfilippodytes latebrosus Sanfilippodytes brumalis (W.J. Brown) - Sanfilippodytes brumalis - male Dytiscid of sorts? - Sanfilippodytes Small Dytiscid... - Sanfilippodytes
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 Hydroporini
Subtribe Hydroporina
Genus Sanfilippodytes
Explanation of Names
Sanfilippodytes Franciscolo 1979
Numbers
25 described Nearctic spp. + a few undescribed in the west(1)
Size
2.1-4.3 mm(1)
Identification
Diagnosis (1):
shape elongate to oval
hind margin of metacoxal processes sinuate and incised at each side of midline
metatrochanters large, ~½ the length of metafemora:

generally yellowish brown to black, with head and pronotum often darker than elytra; elytra of many species distinctly bicoloured
Range
NA, mostly BC-CA, with just 2 spp. in the east(2); many spp. with restricted ranges in the west
Habitat
caves, springs; alpine and subalpine lakes; under rocks along creek/river margins; some burrow in sand and gravel substrates(1)