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Genus Dactylosternum

Beetle - Dactylosternum hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale Beetle with brown Beetle with brown Eno Beetle--frame 5267 - Dactylosternum Dactylosternum abdominale? - Dactylosternum abdominale Dactylosternum abdominale? - Dactylosternum abdominale
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Tribe Coelostomatini
Genus Dactylosternum
Explanation of Names
Dactylosternum Wollaston 1854
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1)
Range
NC-FL-AL, AZ-CA(1)(2); spreading north in the east (PA, BG data)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Smetana A. 1978. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 105: 1–292.