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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 Staphyliniformia » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Coelostomatini » Dactylosternum

Genus Dactylosternum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Beetle - Dactylosternum Beetle - Dactylosternum hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale Small beetle - Dactylosternum Beetle with brown Beetle with brown Black Beetle - Dactylosternum Eno Beetle--frame 5267 - Dactylosternum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)
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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