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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hygrotini » Hygrotus » Hygrotus sellatus
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Lesser water beetle2 - Hygrotus sellatus
Copyright © 2009 James Bailey

Lesser water beetle2 - Hygrotus sellatus
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
October 3, 2008

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Contributed by James Bailey on 5 March, 2009 - 9:54am
Last updated 3 May, 2009 - 1:58am

Moved
Moved from Hydroporus.
… Tim Loh, 3 May, 2009 - 1:58am login or register to post comments

Not Hydroporus!
Sorry my mistake...this apparently is a Hygrotus and it's almost certainly H. sellatus judging from the very distinctive elytral patterning, as illustrated in Larson (2000).
… Tim Loh, 3 May, 2009 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

Maybe...
Hydroporus signatus, a highly variable species- the extent of the pale maculations has been reported to vary alot geographically- If it is this species, yours seems to be an unusually pale specimen.
… Tim Loh, 6 March, 2009 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

A hydroporine of some type
Several possible candidates; maybe Hydroporus or Laccornis (or even Hygrotus)...A good shot of the underside will confirm; I'm vouching for Hydroporus. The extensive pale maculations on this one however suggests something quite distinctive..will check the books later.
… Tim Loh, 5 March, 2009 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
Posting ventral shot
Hopefully good enough.
… James Bailey, 5 March, 2009 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

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