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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Coelostomatini » Coelostoma » Coelostoma orbiculare

Species Coelostoma orbiculare

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Unknown Water Scavenger Beetle - Coelostoma orbiculare Anacaena? - Coelostoma orbiculare Sphaeridiinae sp. - Coelostoma orbiculare Sphaeridiinae sp. - Coelostoma orbiculare Sphaeridiinae sp. - Coelostoma orbiculare Water Scavenger Beetle - Coelostoma orbiculare Coelostoma orbiculare - female Coelostoma orbiculare - female
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 Sphaeridiinae
Tribe Coelostomatini
Genus Coelostoma
Species orbiculare (Coelostoma orbiculare)
Explanation of Names
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) orbiculare (Fabricius 1775)
Size
4.1-5.0 mm
Range
Native to, and widespread across, the Palaearctic, adventive elsewhere; as of 2023 known to occur in se.Canada & ne.US(1)
Remarks
first NA record: s.ON 2015(2)
Works Cited
1.Coelostoma orbiculare (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae): new records and distribution in North America
Pintar, M.R. 2023. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (3): 382–385.
2.DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.
Contributed by Matthew Pintar on 4 July, 2022 - 2:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 December, 2024 - 11:36am

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