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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Crawling Water Beetles (Haliplidae) » Peltodytes » Peltodytes dunavani
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Peltodytes - Peltodytes dunavani
Copyright © 2006 Brad Barnd

Peltodytes - Peltodytes dunavani
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
May 10, 2003
Size: ~ 3 mm
I think its Peltodytes muticus (LeConte). Caught in a shallow agricultural pond.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 November, 2006 - 10:41am
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 8:49pm

Moved
Moved from Peltodytes sexmaculatus.
… Brad Barnd, 10 May, 2011 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Peltodytes muticus. Will frass this soon as I posted a better shot.
… Brad Barnd, 8 May, 2011 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
This doesn't really look like
This doesn't really look like P. sexmaculatus to me. Legs are too orangish and body's a bit too narrow. Need to see the male genitalia - as with most Peltodytes!
… J. H. Epler, 10 May, 2011 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
The shape really sticks out now that you mention it. I have now dissected several from this series and it is definitely P. dunavani.
… Brad Barnd, 10 May, 2011 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Peltodytes.
… Brad Barnd, 23 January, 2007 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

Looks like Peltodytes to me
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 17 November, 2006 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

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