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Species Colymbetes sculptilis

Mid-Sized Diving Beetle - Colymbetes sculptilis

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Colymbetes sculptilis - male

unid. diving beetle - Colymbetes sculptilis

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Colymbetes sculptilis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Colymbetinae

Tribe Colymbetini

Genus Colymbetes

Species sculptilis (Colymbetes sculptilis)

Size

15-17 mm (1)

Print References

Dillon and Dillon, p. 147, plate 15 (1)

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 November, 2007 - 12:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 9:24am

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