Genus Ametor

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

Ametor scabrosus (Horn) - Ametor scabrosus

Hydrophilid of sorts? - Ametor scabrosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Hydrophilinae

Tribe Hydrobiusini

Genus Ametor

Explanation of Names

Ametor Semenow 1900

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)

Identification

Lateral portions of elytra slightly serrate, pronotum not explanate/dilated(2)

Range

w. NA, C. & E.Asia(1)

Habitat

Lotic: mountain streams and rivers(2)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the water scavenger beetle tribe Hydrobiusini inferred from morphology and molecules Short A.E.Z., Cole J., Toussaint E.F.A. 2017. Syst. Entomol. 42: 677- 691.

2.	Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 13 April, 2010 - 5:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 February, 2023 - 7:13pm

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