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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Scirtes » Scirtes oblongus

Species Scirtes oblongus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Scirtoidea
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
Genus Scirtes
Species oblongus (Scirtes oblongus)
Explanation of Names
Scirtes oblongus Guérin-Méneville 1861
Size
4.4–5.2 mm(1)
Range
FL, TX to S. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (1)(2)
Print References
Epler J.H. (2009) More new distribution records for Florida water beetles (Coleoptera:Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae), with additional notes on Scirtes oblongus Guérin-Méneville. Insecta Mundi 0087: 1-4. Full text
Works Cited
1.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 29 September, 2010 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 January, 2020 - 9:54am

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