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Species Peltodytes litoralis

Light colored water beetle with black spots - Peltodytes litoralis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Haliplidae (Crawling Water Beetles)

Genus Peltodytes

Species litoralis (Peltodytes litoralis)

Explanation of Names

Peltodytes litoralis Matheson 1912

Size

3.5 mm (Matheson 1912)

Range

IL, IN, KS, TX

Habitat

mainly in intermittent streams (Jasper 1996)

Print References

Jasper S.K. (1996) Habitat selection in the family Haliplidae (Coleoptera) in central Texas, east of the Colorado River. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station. 306 pp.

Matheson R. (1912) The Haliplidae of North America, north of Mexico. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 20(3): 156-193. Full PDF

Contributed by Tim Loh on 8 December, 2010 - 2:35am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 November, 2016 - 7:13pm

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