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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Enochrus pygmaeus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Enochrinae
Genus Enochrus
Species pygmaeus (Enochrus pygmaeus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Enochrus pygmaeus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Hydrophilus pygmaeus Fabricius 1792
Explanation of Names
Enochrus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792)

Three subspecies:
Enochrus pygmaeus nebulosus Say, 1824: e. NA to Rockies
Enochrus pygmaeus pectoralis LeConte, 1855: CA-TX-s. Mexico
Enochrus pygmaeus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792): Bahamas-FL-Gulf Coast-AZ-Mexico
Size
Length 3.4-4.2 mm (1)
Range
CA-FL-NY-WY / Mex. / Bahamas (2), (1)
Works Cited
1.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.