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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Cybistrinae » Cybister » Cybister fimbriolatus
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Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 22, 2009
Vertical Diving Beetle (Dytiscus verticalis), perhaps?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 23 August, 2009 - 5:18pm
Last updated 29 May, 2015 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from Dytiscus.
… Tim Loh, 23 August, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 23 August, 2009 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

Maybe..
but can't rule out the similar but smaller D. fasciventris; it's always helpful to provide size data and a ventral shot to identify species in this genus (and most other dytiscid genera).
… Tim Loh, 23 August, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
On second thought
given the short and broad hind tibia (barely visible in this photo) and broad hind tarsi, this is a Cybister, most likely C. fimbriolatus
… Tim Loh, 23 August, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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