Genus Dactylosternum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

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.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 13 June, 2009 - 5:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 2:09pm

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