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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Burrowing Water Beetles (Noteridae)

Family Noteridae - Burrowing Water Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Noteridae - Burrowing Water Beetle - Suphisellus Noteridae - Suphisellus puncticollis - Suphisellus puncticollis Hydrocanthus - Hydrocanthus atripennis Hydrocanthus iricolor - male Suphis inflatus - male Pennsylvania Beetle - Hydrocanthus iricolor Suphisellus Suphisellus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Noteridae (Burrowing Water Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Noteridae Thomson 1860
Numbers
14 spp. in 6 genera in our area(1)(2) [all but one present in FL(3)], 250 spp. in 16 genera of 3 subfamilies worldwide(4)
Identification
see(3)
Range
most of our spp. occur in se. US(1)(2), FL fauna being the richest, with 13 spp. representing all 6 genera(3); worldwide, more diverse in warmer climes, esp. in the tropics
Habitat
mostly in standing water, usually associated with algae, plants and plant roots(3)
Food
Adults are predacious; larvae may be omnivorous(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Noteridae: Checklist of Genera of the US, US Territories, and Canada (Brigham & Jasper)
3.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
4.Nilsson A.N. (2006) A world catalogue of the family Noteridae, or the burrowing water beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Contributed by tom murray on 28 April, 2006 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, Tim Moyer, v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 2:05pm

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