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Species Gyrinus pachysomus

Gyrinus pachysomus Gyrinus pachysomus - male Gyrinus pachysomus - male Gyrinus pachysomus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Gyrinidae (Whirligig Beetles)
Subfamily Gyrininae
Genus Gyrinus
No Taxon (subgenus Gyrinus)
Species pachysomus (Gyrinus pachysomus)
Explanation of Names
Gyrinus pachysomus Fall 1922
Size
♂ 5.5-6.2 mm, ♀ 6.0-6.9 mm(1)
Range
NC-FL-TX(1)
Works Cited
1.Classification, distribution, and phylogeny of North American (north of Mexico) species of Gyrinus Müller (Coleoptera, Gyrinida
Sule Oygur & G.W. Wolfe. 1991. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.