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Species Coptotomus longulus

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Coptotomus longulus Predaceous Diving Beetle - Coptotomus longulus - female Diving Beetle - Coptotomus longulus Dytiscid - Coptotomus longulus beetle - Coptotomus longulus beetle - Coptotomus longulus Dytiscidae - Coptotomus longulus Coptotomus longulus longulus (LeConte) - Coptotomus longulus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Coptotominae
Genus Coptotomus
Species longulus (Coptotomus longulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
lenticus was once considered a separate species but there is some evidence of hybridization with longulus
Explanation of Names
Coptotomus longulus LeConte 1852
Numbers
2 subspp., lenticus in the e., longulus in the w. (1)
Size
6.8-8.2 mm(1)
Identification
reliably distinguished by broad metasternal wing (narrowest width between mesocoxa and edge of metacoxal plate) of 0.35 mm or greater
Range
transcontinental, s. Canada to FL and n.CA(1)(2)
Habitat
occur in open, permanent ponds, often abundant in artificial ponds such as roadside barrow pits and stock ponds where there is rooted vegetation, usually Typha (1)
Season
mostly May-Oct(1)(2)
Life Cycle
comes to lights (1)
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