Species Coptotomus venustus

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

Coptotomus venustus (Say) - Coptotomus venustus - female

Coptotomus venustus (Say) - Coptotomus venustus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Coptotominae

Genus Coptotomus

Species venustus (Coptotomus venustus)

Explanation of Names

Coptotomus venustus (Say 1823)

Identification

Labial and maxillary palpi notched apically; last abdominal sternite without a pair of medial parallel grooves; elytra without dense sculpture of irregular grooves(1)

Range

e US (NJ-FL to IL-TX) & Mexico(2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	The Water Beetles of Florida Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.

2.	Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.

3.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 24 June, 2009 - 2:01am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2023 - 1:05am

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