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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hyphydrini » Desmopachria » Desmopachria convexa

Species Desmopachria convexa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Desmopachria convexa Dytiscidae: Desmopachria convexa - Desmopachria convexa Desmopachria - Desmopachria convexa Desmopachria convexa Dytiscid? - Desmopachria convexa Water Beetle - Desmopachria convexa Desmopachria convexa Desmopachria convexa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Hydroporinae
Tribe Hyphydrini
Genus Desmopachria
Species convexa (Desmopachria convexa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Desmopachria convexa (Aubé)
Orig. Comb: Hydroporus convexus Aubé, 1838
Size
1.5-1.9 mm(1)
Range
e. N. Amer. to BC (NS-BC to GA-TX) / Mex. to S. Amer. (1)
Habitat
Adults commonly found in saturated mosses at the edge of bog and fen pools in forested regions(1)
Print References
Barman, E.H., Jr. 1973. Biology and immature stages of Desmopachria convexa (Aubé) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 75: 233-239.
Young F.N. 1981. Predaceous water beetles of the genus Desmopachria: The convexa-grana group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 2(III-IV): 1-11.
Works Cited
1.Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska
D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 March, 2007 - 9:58am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2020 - 2:12pm

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