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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Berosini » Berosus » Berosus ordinatus

Species Berosus ordinatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Another Dytiscid - Berosus ordinatus Another Dytiscid - Berosus ordinatus
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 Hydrophilinae
Tribe Berosini
Genus Berosus
Species ordinatus (Berosus ordinatus)
Explanation of Names
Berosus ordinatus LeConte 1855
Size
4.5-6.5 mm(1)
Range
e US (NY-FL to WI-AL)(2)
Works Cited
1.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
2.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 7 January, 2010 - 5:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 February, 2023 - 9:39pm

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