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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) » Dineutus » Dineutus americanus
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Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus americanus
Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus americanus
4 miles east of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 22, 2006
Size: 10-12mm
Caught in a net in Cascadilla Creek.
42.43017 -76.39100

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 30 January, 2007 - 12:34am
Last updated 30 January, 2007 - 8:05pm

Moved
Moved from Dineutus.
… Joyce Gross, 30 January, 2007 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Dineutes assimilis
The photos of the underside are critical in placing species of Dineutes.
… Donald S. Chandler, 30 January, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Dineutes assimilis
Thanks Don -- nice to have a species ID for one of these beetles.
… Joyce Gross, 30 January, 2007 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I keep
forgetting that D. americanus is now the correct name - D. assimilis is a junior synonym now.
… Donald S. Chandler, 19 January, 2009 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
changed
thanks again Don -- I don't know how you can keep track of all the names.
… Joyce Gross, 19 January, 2009 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Obviously
I fail at times.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 January, 2009 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

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