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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Water Penny Beetles (Psephenidae) » Eubriinae » Dicranopselaphus

Genus Dicranopselaphus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Dicranopselaphus variegatus Horn - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Dicranopselaphus variegatus Horn - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Dicranopselaphus variegatus Variegated false water penny beetle - Dicranopselaphus variegatus - larva - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Variegated false water penny beetle - Dicranopselaphus variegatus - larva - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Variegated False Water Penny Beetle Larva - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Variegated False Water Penny Beetle Larva - Dicranopselaphus variegatus Variegated False Water Penny Beetle Larva - Dicranopselaphus variegatus
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 Psephenidae (Water Penny Beetles)
Subfamily Eubriinae
Genus Dicranopselaphus
Explanation of Names
Dicranopselaphus Guérin-Méneville 1861
Numbers
A single species in our area(1), ~40 spp. total
Identification
type specimen
Posterior margin of pronotum crenulate, serrulate, or finely beaded. Tarsi slightly dilated.
Range
mostly Oriental(2); in our area, se. US (NY-AL)(1), but not known from FL(3)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.BioLib.cz
3.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
Contributed by Brady Richards on 8 June, 2011 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 8:40pm

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