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Species Ora hyacintha

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Scirtoidea

Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)

Genus Ora (Flea Marsh Beetles)

Species hyacintha (Ora hyacintha)

Explanation of Names

Ora hyacintha Blatchley 1914

Size

4.1-5.6 mm(1)

Identification

distinctive: dorsum glabrous, elytra costate; can resemble O. troberti, which is generally flatter and lacks costae(1)

Range

southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos.), c. to s. FL - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Remarks

Type Locality: Lake Okeechobee, FL(4)

Works Cited

1.	The Water Beetles of Florida Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.

2.	Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas. King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.

3.	An annotated list of Gainesville, Florida, Coleoptera. Herbert, D. 1918. Entomological news, 29: 331-335.

4.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 30 January, 2015 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 October, 2022 - 9:25pm

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