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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles (Byrrhoidea) » Water Penny Beetles (Psephenidae) » Ectopria

Genus Ectopria

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Water Penny Beetle Larva - Ectopria non-gilled Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria nervosa non-gilled Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria nervosa 6007833 - Ectopria Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria leechi Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria nervosa - male black and orange beetle - Ectopria nervosa - female Water Penny Beetle - Ectopria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea (Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles)
Family Psephenidae (Water Penny Beetles)
Genus Ectopria
Numbers
2 Nearctic species.
Life Cycle
Larvae are "water pennies" that spend this stage clinging to the sides of rocks in streams.
Remarks
The only two species found in America north of Mexico are E. nervosa, described in 1845, and E. leechi, described in 1981.
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 13 July, 2006 - 11:27am

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