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Species Hygrotus sayi

Water beetle? - Hygrotus sayi punctate Diving beetle - Hygrotus sayi water beetle - Hygrotus sayi water beetle - Hygrotus sayi Hygrotus? - Hygrotus sayi Coelambus? - Hygrotus sayi Hygrotini - Hygrotus sayi Small dytiscid on driftwood in small pond - Hygrotus sayi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Hydroporinae
Tribe Hygrotini
Genus Hygrotus
Species sayi (Hygrotus sayi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Laccophilus punctatus Say 1824 not Marsham 1802
Explanation of Names
Hygrotus sayi Balfour-Browne 1944
named after Thomas Say
Size
2.8‒3.2 mm(1)
Range
NA except se US (YT‒CA to LB‒WV‒TX)(1)(2)
Habitat
typically, sunny, vegetation-rich margins of ponds and slow-flowing streams; uncommon in temporary habitats(1)
Works Cited
1.Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska
D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.
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.