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Species Lutrochus luteus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Lutrochidae (Travertine Beetles)
Genus Lutrochus
Species luteus (Lutrochus luteus)
Explanation of Names
Lutrochus luteus LeConte 1852
luteus = 'yellowish'
Range
NM to c. TX-OK(1)
Habitat
larvae in calcareous encrustations or beneath submerged rocks, adults at water line or on submerged rocks/wood in streams with high calcium levels(2)
Life Cycle
Univoltine; larvae overwinter(3)
Internet References
Type specimen
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Limnichidae
Wooldridge D.P. 1986. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-48. x + 8 pp.
2.Aquatic dryopoid beetles (Coleoptera) of the United States
Brown H.P. 1972. USEPA Water Poll. Control Res. Ser., Vol. 6. ix+82 pp.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 29 August, 2010 - 4:45am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 May, 2023 - 9:49pm

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