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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Flea Marsh Beetles (Ora) » Ora troberti

Species Ora troberti

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Ora troberti (Guérin-Méneville) - Ora troberti Ora troberti (Guérin-Méneville) - Ora troberti beetle - Ora troberti Ora sp. EGR 1 - Ora troberti Ora troberti (Guérin-Méneville) - Ora troberti Ora troberti (Guérin-Méneville) - Ora troberti Texas SE Gulf Coast - Ora troberti - Ora troberti orange chrysomelid - Ora troberti
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
Genus Ora (Flea Marsh Beetles)
Species troberti (Ora troberti)
Other Common Names
Circum-Gulf Marsh Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ora troberti (Guerin-Meneville)
Orig. Comb: Scirtes troberti Guerin-Meneville 1861
Identification
Coloration in the genus Ora can be somewhat variable, especially in O. troberti. (comment by J. H. Epler, 11 April, 2009)
Range
Gulf coastal TX & s. FL / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
common at UV lights at Laguna Atascosa NWR, south TX (3)
See Also
Ora texana Champion
- Range: mostly coastal s.TX-s.FL-e.SC
Works Cited
1.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas.
King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 November, 2009 - 4:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 August, 2024 - 2:07pm

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