Genus Laccobius

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)

Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Genus Laccobius

Numbers

14 Nearctic species.

Size

Very small.

Identification

Broadly oval. Elytra are not striate, but instead have rows of punctures. The metasternum is not spined. "Maxillary palpi rather robust, short, last segment longer than preceding one."(1)

Print References

Dillon and Dillon, volume II, page 172.(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 13 July, 2006 - 3:58am

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