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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Hydrophilini » Tropisternus » Tropisternus affinis

Species Tropisternus affinis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
9019460 Hydrophilid - Tropisternus affinis Water scavenger beetle - Tropisternus affinis Water scavenger beetle - Tropisternus affinis Water scavenger beetle - Tropisternus affinis Tropisternus ellipticus? - Tropisternus affinis Hydrophile - Tropisternus affinis Hydrophile - Tropisternus affinis Hydrophile - Tropisternus affinis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Hydrophilinae
Tribe Hydrophilini
Genus Tropisternus
Species affinis (Tropisternus affinis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tropisternus ellipticus (LeConte 1855), T. concolor Sharp 1882
Explanation of Names
Tropisternus affinis Motshulsky 1859
Range
w NA (BC-CA to IA-MO-TX) to Panama(1)(2)
Internet References
Type specimen
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Tropisternus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Spangler P.J. 1960. Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis. U. Missouri, Columbia. 365 pp.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by v belov on 5 March, 2011 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, mpintar
Last updated 9 May, 2023 - 5:41pm

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