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Genus Enochrus

Water Scavenger Beetle - Enochrus Enochrus sp? - Enochrus Enochrus hamiltoni - Enochrus - female Enochrus Enochrus pygmaeus? - Enochrus Water Scavenger Beetle - Enochrus Small beetle - Enochrus Enochrus
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 Enochrinae
Genus Enochrus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Enochrus Thomson 1859
Numbers
25 spp. in our area(2), >220 spp. in 6 subgenera worldwide
Identification
key to NA species in (1)
Regional keys: ne NA(3) · Canada+AK(4) · SC(5) · FL(6) · CA(7)
Range
throughout NA and worldwide(2)
Remarks
come to lights(2)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Enochrus: Biology, keys, descriptions, and distribution (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Gunderson R.W. 1978. St. Cloud U. -- St. Cloud, MN. PhD thesis. 54 pp.
2.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.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
4.Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska
Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.
5.Water Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2003. Clemson University.
6.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
7.Aquatic Insects of California
Robert L. Usinger, Editor. 1956. University of California Press.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 September, 2005 - 5:43pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 8:22pm

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