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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Helophoridae » Helophorus
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Diving beetle #2 - Helophorus
Copyright © 2016 Joshua Stuart Rose

Diving beetle #2 - Helophorus
Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Hampshire College, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 18, 2016
I'd probably not even bother keeping a photo this poor of a terrestrial beetle, but given that this one was underwater, I'm hoping that narrows the possibilities enough for an ID.
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 22 June, 2016 - 9:14am
Last updated 12 August, 2016 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles. This does seem right, thanks Reese! Three species found in MA so far; nitiduloides looks very different from mine, but lineatus and orientalis both appear really close, as do probably a few other species not yet included on the Guide...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 12 August, 2016 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Helophorus, definitely.
Helophorus, definitely.
… Reese Worthington, 12 August, 2016 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 17 July, 2016 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

hard to tell, but
this may be a Hydrochus, family Hydrochidae.
… J. H. Epler, 22 June, 2016 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

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