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Subspecies Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus

Representative Images

Tropisternus lateralis Predaceous Diving Beetle - Tropisternus lateralis Dystiscid - Tropisternus lateralis BG3089 E9031 - Tropisternus lateralis Water Scavenger? - Tropisternus lateralis Water Scavenger? - Tropisternus lateralis Dark green water scavenger - Tropisternus lateralis Tropisternus lateralis? - Tropisternus lateralis

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 Hydrophilini
Genus Tropisternus
Species lateralis (Tropisternus lateralis)
Subspecies nimbatus (Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Hydrophilus nimbatus Say 1823
Hydrophilus lateralis Fabricius 1775

Numbers

14 spp. n. of Mex (1)

Identification

Inner margin of marginal elytral stripe uninterrupted, without incisions or extensions (2),

Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus (Say)
Det. E. G. Riley, 2010

Range

Mainly east of the Rockies (2)
TX-FL-NY-NE (BG data). Also: Cuba, Bahamas, Mexico, S. Amer (3)

Habitat

Wetlands and brackish water(4)

Season

Mostly: Jul-Aug (Full: Feb-Dec) (BG data)

Works Cited

1.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.
2.Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska
Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 1 February, 2010 - 12:40am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 14 November, 2019 - 11:37am

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