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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Laccophilinae » Laccophilus » Laccophilus fasciatus » Laccophilus fasciatus rufus
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Laccophilus fasciatus? - Laccophilus fasciatus
Copyright © 2017 Ronan

Laccophilus fasciatus? - Laccophilus fasciatus
Gadsden County, Florida, USA
July 2, 2016
This water beetle looks the closest to Laccophilus fasciatus, but there were no examples of the species from Florida. It was seen in late summer in temporary man-made pools.
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Contributed by Ronan on 4 January, 2017 - 8:42am
Last updated 20 December, 2021 - 4:00pm

Moved
Moved from Laccophilus fasciatus.
… Matthew Pintar, 20 December, 2021 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 January, 2017 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Thank you very much for the I
Thank you very much for the ID help and for the guide reference. I have looked at it and it looks as though it will be a lot of help with my other aquatic beetles.
… Ronan, 8 January, 2017 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

It does occur in FL (see here)
Identification manual for the water beetles of Florida
By John H. Epler
FL Dept. Environ. Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 257 pp., 1996
(BugGuide provides a link to full text.)
… Skip Blanchard, 5 January, 2017 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
outdated publication
Use my 2010 FL water beetle manual - MUCH BETTER. Free Download from my site at johnepler.com
Your beetle is Laccophilus fasciatus rufus ...
… J. H. Epler, 5 January, 2017 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry John, I had the wrong vingtage for your manual.
I had already downloaded (and found very useful) your 2010 edition. I guess I just assumed that Bug Guide was up to date in this matter.
… Skip Blanchard, 5 January, 2017 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah ...
you know what "they" say - "assume" makes an "ass" out of "U' and "me" ... :-)
… J. H. Epler, 5 January, 2017 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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