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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Chaetarthriinae » Anacaenini » Anacaena

Genus Anacaena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
Water Scavenger Beetle - Anacaena limbata Water Scavenger Beetle - Anacaena limbata Tiny Beetle - Anacaena Water Scavenger Beetle - Anacaena limbata Water Scavenger Beetle - Anacaena Predaceous Diving Beetle - Anacaena limbata Coleoptera. Hydrophilidae - Anacaena Coleoptera. Hydrophilidae - Anacaena
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 Chaetarthriinae
Tribe Anacaenini
Genus Anacaena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anacaena Thomson, 1859
Numbers
Four Nearctic species. (1)
Identification
See (2) to separate two of the species.
Remarks
Genus in North America needs revision. Neotropical species revised by Komarek (3).
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
3.Taxonomic revision of Anacaena Thomson, 1859 II. Neotropical species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).
Komarek, A. 2005. Koleopterologische Rundschau 75: 253 -301.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 April, 2008 - 9:59pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 29 April, 2014 - 1:38am

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