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Species Cybister explanatus

Cybister fimbriolatus (or not?) - Cybister explanatus

Large dytiscid at lights - Cybister explanatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Cybistrinae

Genus Cybister

Species explanatus (Cybister explanatus)

Explanation of Names

Cybister explanatus LeConte 1852

Size

24.5-29 mm(1)

Range

OR to Chiapas, Mexico(1)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the genus Cybister Curtis, 1827 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae: Cybistrini) in North America Miller K.B. 2013. Col. Bull. 67: 401‒410.

Contributed by Brady Richards on 10 August, 2016 - 3:50pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 May, 2023 - 8:22pm

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