Species Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Crawling Water Beetle - Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Peltodytes sexmaculatus Roberts - Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Spotted speckled water beetle - Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Peltodytes muticus? - Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Haliplidae (Crawling Water Beetles)

Genus Peltodytes

Species sexmaculatus (Peltodytes sexmaculatus)

Explanation of Names

Peltodytes sexmaculatus Roberts 1913

Size

3.4-4.0 mm

Identification

Median elytral spots not coalescent on suture(1)

Range

e NA (QC-FL to MN-TX) - Map (2)(3)

Habitat

lakes, rivers, ditches, slow streams, pools, and mud flats; adults come to lights (Matta 1976; Hilsenhoff & Brigham 1978)(4)

Remarks

Probably the most common Peltodytes species in Texas. (Sharon Jasper, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2009)

Print References

Hilsenhoff W.L., Brigham W.U. (1978) Crawling water beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 11: 11-22.

Matta J.F. (1976) The Haliplidae of Virginia (Coleoptera: Adephaga). The Insects of Virginia: No. 10. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research Division Bulletin 109: 1-26.

Roberts C.H. (1913) Critical notes on the species of Haliplidae of America north of Mexico with descriptions of new species. J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 21: 91-123.

Works Cited

1.	The Haliplidae of Atlantic Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition Christopher G. Majka, Bernhard J. van Vondel, & Reginald Webster. 2009. ZooKeys.

2.	World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 7: Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae. (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Nilsson, A.N. and B.J. van Vondel. 2005. 2005. Apollo Books.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Water Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2003. Clemson University.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 10 May, 2009 - 1:24am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 April, 2023 - 9:02am

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