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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 - male
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus - Male
Daphne (Village Point Preserve), Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
March 12, 2010
Even after rolling it over, diving beetles all look alike to me. If you're thinking I'd like some help, you're right. Thanks

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Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus - male Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 13 March, 2010 - 3:42pm
Last updated 26 February, 2011 - 8:20am

Moved
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 13 March, 2010 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Dytiscus
maybe D. hybridus? Loh should know :)
… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2010 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Male Cybister fimbriolatus rather...
Note the broadened hind legs and large apical tibial spurs which are both characteristic for this genus.
… Tim Loh, 13 March, 2010 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I forgot...
to check the broadness of the hind legs. I was going on the spurs, which I must have mis-interpreted...grrr...:)
… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2010 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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