Species Dineutus assimilis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Dineutus assimilis (Kirby) - Dineutus assimilis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Gyrinidae (Whirligig Beetles)

Subfamily Gyrininae

Genus Dineutus

Species assimilis (Dineutus assimilis)

Explanation of Names

Dineutus assimilis (Kirby 1837)

Size

♂ 9.9–11.1 mm, ♀ 10–11.3 mm(1)

Identification

Fore tibia straight preapically, with outer angle merely rectangular; elytral apices separated vs. D. nigrior(2)

Range

transcontinental in Canada (NS-BC), east of the Rocky Mts in the US south to n.FL-TX-e.AZ(1)

See Also

easily confused with D. nigrior or D. productus (2)

Print References

Davis C.C. (1961) A study of the hatching process in aquatic invertebrates. III. Hatching in Dineutus assimilis Aubé (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). Internat'l Rev. Gesamten Hydrobiol. 46(3): 429-433.

Freilich J.E. (1986) Contact behavior of the whirligig beetles Dineutus assimilis (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Entomol. News. 97(5): 215-221.

Kight S.L., Jenkins J.R., Ng B.J. (1996) Differential contact behavior by female whirligig beetles, Dineutus assimilis Kirby (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Kans. Entomol. Soc. 69(4): 360-362.

Nurnberger B. (1996) Local dynamics and dispersal in a structured population of the whirligig beetle Dineutus assimilis. Oecologia 106(3): 325-336.

Nurnberger B., Harrison R.G. (1995) Spatial population structure in the whirligig beetle Dineutus assimilis: Evolutionary inferences based on mitochondrial DNA and field data. Evolution 49(2): 266-275.

Pappas C.D. (1975) Fine structure of the dorsal and ventral eyes of Dineutus assimilis Kirby (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Dissert. Abstr. (B) 35(7): 3371.

Works Cited

1.	The New World whirligig beetles of the genus Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae, Dineutini) Gustafson GT, Miller KB. 2015. Zookeys; 476: 1-135.

2.	The Water Beetles of Florida Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 13 October, 2010 - 11:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 January, 2015 - 11:57am

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