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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Long-toed Water Beetles (Dryopidae) » Pelonomus » Pelonomus obscurus

Species Pelonomus obscurus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Pelonomus obscurus Pelonomus obscurus LeConte - Pelonomus obscurus Pelonomus o. obscurus - Pelonomus obscurus 060912Beetle1 - Pelonomus obscurus Pelonomus obscurus LeConte - Pelonomus obscurus Dryopidae - Pelonomus obscurus Pelonomus obscurus teneral pelonomus obscurus? - Pelonomus obscurus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Dryopidae (Long-toed Water Beetles)
Genus Pelonomus
Species obscurus (Pelonomus obscurus)
Explanation of Names
Pelonomus obscurus LeConte 1852
Size
4.8-6.5 mm(1)
Range
se US to NM (ON-FL to IL-TX), Mexico, W. Indies(2)(3); map(4)
Habitat
Riparian(5)
Internet References
Type specimen
Works Cited
1.Aquatic dryopoid beetles (Coleoptera) of the United States. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems: Identification Manual, no. 6.
Brown, H.P. 1972. Water Pollution Control Research Series, EPA, Washington, D.C. ix + 82 pp.
2.Bright E. (2002-2011) Aquatic Insects of Michigan
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 December, 2006 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2023 - 2:46pm

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