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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Enochrinae » Cymbiodyta » Cymbiodyta bifida
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Water Scavenger Beetle - Cymbiodyta bifida
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Water Scavenger Beetle - Cymbiodyta bifida
Harvard/Oxbow NWR, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: 1/4"
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Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2005 - 11:05pm
Last updated 6 January, 2024 - 4:33pm

Moved to species page
as per Andrew's ID.
… Jim McClarin, 8 September, 2005 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jim
This one got by me, and I forgot about it.
… tom murray, 8 September, 2005 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Helocombus bifidus
This is Helocombus bifidus, a monotypic genus that is commonly found in detrital filled ponds in the Eastern US. It can often be confused with Hydrobius fuscipes, which is found in the same habitats, but has shorter maxillary palpi and less distinct elytral stria.
… Andrew Short, 28 April, 2005 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

Water Scavenger?
I'm guessing, check out the other images in the guide...
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 7 April, 2005 - 7:03am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Does look like a hydrophilid, but in Tom's defense, according to recent studies, Hydrophilidae are now considered, more or less, to be aquatic scarab beetles! Ain't cladistics grand:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 April, 2005 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Water Scavenger
Thanks for the ID. I didn't know Water Scavengers could have ridged shells, rather than nice smooth elytra.
… tom murray, 7 April, 2005 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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