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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Laccophilinae » Laccophilus » Laccophilus proximus

Species Laccophilus proximus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Beetle - Laccophilus proximus Laccophilus proximus Say - Laccophilus proximus Diver #21 - Laccophilus proximus Noteridae - Laccophilus proximus Laccophilus proximus Say - Laccophilus proximus Small Dytiscid... - Laccophilus proximus Dytiscidae or Noteridae? - Laccophilus proximus Very small dytiscid? - Laccophilus proximus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Laccophilinae
Genus Laccophilus
Species proximus (Laccophilus proximus)
Explanation of Names
Laccophilus proximus Say 1823
Size
3.6-4.6 mm (1)
Identification
Elytral iorrations (freckling) more even in density without significant darkening around the pale sublateral spots. Most similar to L. maculosus but in maculosus , the pale spots are outlined/surrounded by denser, darker freckling; also proximus is generally smaller in size than maculosus (1).
Range
e US to NM (NM-FL-NH-WY) / Ont. (3 spmns) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
In temporary ponds; often one of the pioneering species to colonize newly formed ponds (1).
Remarks
Type Locality: Beaufort, South Carolina
See Also
Laccophilus maculosus Say
Size: 4.6-6.4 mm
Det. Tim Loh, 2010
Works Cited
1.Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska
D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim Loh on 7 May, 2009 - 12:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, mpintar
Last updated 23 December, 2023 - 5:55pm

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