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Eretes explicitus
Species
Eretes explicitus
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.
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Size
14.7-18.1 mm
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Range
sw US (AZ to s.TX to NE) & Mexico (Sonora) -
Map
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; FL
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, 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.
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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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 18 July, 2017 - 5:04pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 October, 2022 - 12:30pm