Species Hygrotus dissimilis

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

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 Hygrotini

Genus Hygrotus

Species dissimilis (Hygrotus dissimilis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. comb: Hydroporus dispar LeConte, 1850

Syn: Coelambus dissimilis (Gemminger and Harold, 1868)

Explanation of Names

Hygrotus dissimilis (Gemminger and Harold, 1868) (1)

Size

Length: 3.6 to 4.3 mm (2)

Range

n half of US, scattered s. CAN records (2)

Habitat

occurs in shallow, often temporary, ponds and marshes (2)

Works Cited

1.	A new classification of the tribe Hygrotini Portevin, 1929 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) Villastrigo et al. 2017. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa 4317 (3) 499-529.

2.	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.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 5 August, 2010 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Claude Tessier
Last updated 6 June, 2020 - 9:38pm

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