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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Hydrophilini » Tropisternus » Tropisternus lateralis » Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus
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Water Beetle 2010 - Tropisternus lateralis
Copyright © 2007 Steve Nanz

Water Beetle 2010 - Tropisternus lateralis
Sagaponack, Suffolk County, New York, USA
July 28, 2006
Hydrophilidae? Found images of Tropi*sternus later*alis that looked similar.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 26 December, 2007 - 5:13am
Last updated 3 March, 2012 - 2:44pm

Moved
Moved from Tropisternus lateralis.
… Tim Loh, 1 February, 2010 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tropisternus.
… Steve Nanz, 30 December, 2007 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Certainly that family and genus, if not that species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 December, 2007 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation.
Thanks for the confirmation.
… Steve Nanz, 27 December, 2007 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

 
T. lateralis
according to Downie and Arnett, T. lateralis is the only one in northeast with a pale lateral margin.
… Tim Moyer, 27 December, 2007 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

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