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Species Eretes explicitus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Dytiscinae
Genus Eretes
Species explicitus (Eretes explicitus)
Explanation of Names
Eretes explicitus Miller 2002
explicitus (L). ‘disentangled’ to signify the difficulty in sorting out the names associated with this genus. (1)
Size
14.7-18.1 mm(1)
Range
sw US (AZ to s.TX to NE) & Mexico (Sonora) - Map (1)(2); FL(3), less common than Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus)
Remarks
Type Locality: Balmorhea State Park, Texas, VII-7-1963, P.J. Spangler
Print References
Miller, K.B. 2002. Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 24(4): 247-272. (1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Miller, Kelly B. 2002. Aquatic Insects 24(4):247-272.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Checklist of the Water Beetles of Florida.
Epler, J.H. 2010. Self-published on the Web.