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Species Physemus minutus

Physemus minutus Physemus minutus LeConte - Physemus minutus Physemus minutus LeConte - Physemus minutus unknown beetle - Physemus minutus unknown beetle - Physemus minutus unknown beetle - Physemus minutus Physemus minutus LeConte - Physemus minutus Byrrhoidea? - Physemus minutus
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 Limnichidae (Minute Marsh-loving Beetles)
Subfamily Limnichinae
Genus Physemus
Species minutus (Physemus minutus)
Explanation of Names
Physemus minutus LeConte 1854
Size
0.8-1 mm(1)
Range
CA-TX-OK - Map (2)(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Aquatic Insects of California
Robert L. Usinger, Editor. 1956. University of California Press.
2.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.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)