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Family Agyrtidae - Primitive Carrion Beetles

New distributional records of the flightless primitive carrion beetle Necrophilus pettitii Horn in eastern North America

By S.B. Peck

Details on records from west of the Mississippi River provided, along with an updated range map.

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Contributed by Curt H. on 21 July, 2020 - 1:46pm

Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)

By A.F. Newton
Insecta Mundi 0595:1-52, 2017

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Contributed by Curt H. on 23 June, 2019 - 9:31pm

First record In Canada of Onthophilus pluricostatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Histeridae) and a new mention for the rare species...

By Brousseau P.-M., Gravel D., Handa I.T.
Col. Bul. 68: 343‒344, 2014

Full title: First record In Canada of Onthophilus pluricostatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Histeridae) and a new mention for the rare species Lordithon niger (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) 📥︎

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Contributed by v belov on 10 June, 2025 - 7:55pm

Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification...

By Hilsenhoff W.L.
Great Lakes Entomol. 28: 97‒126, 1995

Full title: Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification of species of Hydrobiini and Hydrophilini.
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Contributed by v belov on 4 January, 2024 - 10:03pm

New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes

By Stephenson S.L., Wheeler Q.D., McHugh J.V., Fraissinet P.R.
J. Nat. Hist. 28: 921–936, 1994

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Contributed by v belov on 21 December, 2023 - 4:42pm

New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes.

By Knull, J.N.
Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309., 1937

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Knull, J.N. 1937. New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes. Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 22 September, 2022 - 3:28pm

First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes.

By Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C.
Entomological News 107(1): 49-60., 1996

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Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C. (1996) First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes. Entomological News 107(1): 49-60.

Abstract: Five genera of aquatic beetles are reported from Texas, USA, for the first time. Species recorded include

Suphis inflatus (Noteridae),
Hoperius planatus (Dytiscidae),
Dibolocelus ovatus,
Hydrobiomorpha casta and
Sperchopsis tessellata (Hydrophilidae).

Habitat notes are reported for 4 of these.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 August, 2021 - 11:14am

Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]

By Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE
Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215, 2017

Full title: Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea, Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, and Cleroidea 📥︎

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Contributed by v belov on 21 August, 2019 - 9:49am

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