Species Nectoboreus aequinoctialis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Stictotarsus aequinoctialis - Nectoboreus aequinoctialis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)

Subfamily Hydroporinae

Tribe Hydroporini

Subtribe Deronectina

Genus Nectoboreus

Species aequinoctialis (Nectoboreus aequinoctialis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Hydroporus aequinoctialis Clark 1862

Syn: Stictotarsus aequinoctialis (Clark) (1), Boreonectes aequinoctialis (Clark) (2)

Explanation of Names

Nectoboreus aequinoctialis (Clark) (2)

Size

length: 3.3-4.8 mm (3)

Range

AZ to s. TX / Mex. - Map (3)(4)

Habitat

collected from pools in small permanent and seasonal mountain streams where they occur on gravel and hard clay substrates. (3)

Remarks

Type locality: Mexico

Works Cited

1.	Boreonectes gen. n., a new genus of Stictotarsus griseostriatus (De Geer) group of sibling species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)... R.B. Angus. 2010. Comparative Cytogenetics.

2.	Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Deronectina Galewski, 1994 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Hydroporini) Fery and Ribera. 2018. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa 4474 (1) 001-104.

3.	Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Tim Loh on 21 June, 2010 - 11:04pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, Claude Tessier
Last updated 6 June, 2020 - 6:19am

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