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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hydroporus
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Predacious Diving Beetle? - Hydroporus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Predacious Diving Beetle? - Hydroporus
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2006
Size: 3.5mm
Found in a vernal pool.
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 October, 2006 - 8:51pm
Last updated 11 December, 2009 - 3:17am

Moved
Moved from Hydroporinae.
… Tim Loh, 11 December, 2009 - 3:17am login or register to post comments

Hydroporus
Setation on the dorsal surface and small size point towards Hydroporus; Laccornis is generally larger (4-5 mm range, though the character in itself is not enough to separate these 2 genera) and is glabrous dorsally.
… Tim Loh, 11 December, 2009 - 3:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Predacious Diving Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 8 February, 2009 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… tom murray, 7 December, 2006 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Dytiscidae is correct
genus is probably Hydroporus.

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 7 December, 2006 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
yes,
you see what i mean, Tom? it's Hydroporus vs Laccornis if you can't see the underside details
… v belov, 19 September, 2008 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

any other images?
underside shots perhaps? Some characteristics look like Dytiscidae, but I'm poor on calling these some guys on sight.
… Tim R. Moyer, 27 October, 2006 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I didn't take any other pictures of this one:-(
… tom murray, 27 October, 2006 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

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