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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Coptotominae » Coptotomus » Coptotomus longulus
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Water Beetle - Coptotomus longulus
Copyright © 2009 Bill Johnson

Water Beetle - Coptotomus longulus
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
June 29, 2009
Is this water beetle in the genus Peltodytes? If not, any ID for it? Thanks. This was attracted to a blacklight.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 1 July, 2009 - 8:36pm
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 9:39pm

Coptotomus longulus, i suppose
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… v belov, 1 July, 2009 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Must you contradict me on eve
Must you contradict me on everything?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 1 July, 2009 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
that's the name of the damn game, C.-T.!
but, you see, i didn't reply to your comment. to leave you a way for a dignified retreat :))))
… v belov, 1 July, 2009 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL at Will :-D
Yes, this is most likely C. longulus.
… Tim Loh, 1 July, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

It look like something in Tro
It look like something in Tropisternus. It's definitely not a Harpalid. Hydrophilidae is my guess
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 1 July, 2009 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

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