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Species Psephenus texanus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Psephenidae (Water Penny Beetles)
Subfamily Psepheninae
Genus Psephenus
Species texanus (Psephenus texanus)
Other Common Names
Texas Water Penny
Explanation of Names
Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington 1967
Identification
the only Psephenus sp. in Texas
Range
w. to c. TX (Trans-Pecos to the Edwards Plateau), ne Mexico - Map (Brown & Arrington 1967)(1)(2), most records along the Balcones Fault
Habitat
Adults on rocks or wood protruding from riffles at or just above water line; larvae on or under submerged rocks in clear streams with high calcium content(3)
Print References
Brown H.P., Arrington J.R. (1967) A new species of Psephenus from Mexico and Texas (Coleoptera, Dryopoidea, Psephenidae). Col. Bull. 21: 86-91. (JSTOR)
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