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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 collaris
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shiny striped beetle at UV - Tropisternus collaris
Copyright © 2008 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

shiny striped beetle at UV - Tropisternus collaris
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 23, 2006
This critter appeared near the black-light one night. Something about it screams "water beetle!" to me, but cannot quite put my finger on it, and definitely have not found a match for it yet.

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shiny striped beetle at UV - Tropisternus collaris shiny striped beetle at UV, side view - Tropisternus collaris
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 14 September, 2008 - 2:04pm
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Jim! Once I was in that family, did not take long to narrow to species. One of the other images in the Guide was taken in McAllen, where I now live, just a few miles east of the park...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 14 September, 2008 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground and Water Beetles.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 14 September, 2008 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Hydrophilid
That would be in Polyphaga.
… Jim McClarin, 14 September, 2008 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

pls specify size
*
… v belov, 14 September, 2008 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
little
Do not recall exactly, but it was small. I would guess, in the 1-2 cm range. Maybe less.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 14 September, 2008 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
in my world, 'small' means Very Few Millimeters
1 to 2 cm is Huge :-] -- and it's like describing a human as being '4 to 8 feet tall' ;)
you got it -- great
… v belov, 14 September, 2008 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
it's all relative
I was comparing this critter to some of the others we see around here at night, like this one:
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 14 September, 2008 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
guys that large...
i have a hard time considering 'em insects at all... :-]
… v belov, 14 September, 2008 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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