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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles (Byrrhoidea) » Long-toed Water Beetles (Dryopidae) » Pelonomus » Pelonomus obscurus
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Pelonomus obscurus LeConte - Pelonomus obscurus
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Pelonomus obscurus LeConte - Pelonomus obscurus
Dick Nickols District Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 1, 2009
Det. Brady Richards, 2011

coll'ed at UV lights

spmn in the TAMUIC
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 June, 2009 - 7:35pm
Last updated 15 June, 2021 - 10:58am

Moved
Moved from Long-toed Water Beetles.

Dryops will have sublateral longitudinal sulci on the pronotum. Plus, the maxillary palps on this specimen have elongate third and fourth segments. General pubescence and antennal characters exclude Helichus and Postelichus.
… Brady Richards, 22 July, 2011 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
cool. thanks, Brady
… v belov, 22 July, 2011 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dryops arizonensis.

Posted an image of D. arizonenis here.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 July, 2011 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like Pelonomus obscurus in the Guide
… v belov, 22 July, 2011 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

This is not Dryops
I recently brought some specimens of D. arizonensis back (from AZ) and will add an image to BG later in the week or thereabouts. Suggest moving this to family level until a dryopid specialist can narrow down further.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 July, 2011 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

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