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Species Celina imitatrix

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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
Genus Celina
Species imitatrix (Celina imitatrix)
Explanation of Names
Celina imitatrix Young, 1979
Size
Length 5.0-5.6 mm (1)
Identification
elytron with punctation coarse and irregular; pronotum dull with microsculpture meshes large and well impressed, disk with punctation fine and dense, laterally with larger punctures broadly distributed (1)
Range
Indiana and New Jersey to Florida (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Gainesville, Alachua Co., FL
Print References
Young, F.N. 1979. A key to the Nearctic species of Celina with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 52: 820-830.