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Photo#1616801
Tropisternus?
Copyright © 2018 olaf

Tropisternus?
Mazonia Fish and Wildlife Area, Will County, Illinois, USA
July 21, 2018
In photo tank.

In case the comments are confusing: there were 4 images I mistakenly linked as one individual. Realized later that the other 2 were a whirlygig beetle in the same photo tank.

Images of this individual: tag all
Tropisternus? Water beetle (Tropisternus?)
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Contributed by olaf on 2 December, 2018 - 12:37am
Last updated 24 July, 2021 - 3:26pm

Frassed
Moved from Tropisternus.
… v belov, 24 July, 2021 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dineutus.
… olaf, 21 December, 2018 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

I am now skeptical that these
I am now skeptical that these photos show a single individual. I think I will try to split this into two observations. Perhaps that will help.
… olaf, 21 December, 2018 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Please do split them
It's obvious (to beetle weirdos like me) that these are two different taxa - in two different families. It's what I did when I first ID'd these two critters ...
… J. H. Epler, 21 December, 2018 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Would you agree that the ones
Would you agree that the ones seen from outside the water are Dineutus? If so, I'll delete the other two photos and post them as a Tropisternus.
… olaf, 21 December, 2018 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
yes
the two surface dudes are Dineutus
… J. H. Epler, 21 December, 2018 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bruce Tilden, 5 December, 2018 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
NO!
It's NOT Dineutus. It's a hydrophilid, probably Tropisternus
… J. H. Epler, 5 December, 2018 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Hydrophilidae
probably Tropisternus
… J. H. Epler, 3 December, 2018 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

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