Genus Neoporus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Neoporus superioris

Neoporus dimidiatus (Gemminger and Harold) - Neoporus dimidiatus

Tribe Hydroporini? - Neoporus vittatipennis

Brown beetle with black marks - Neoporus shermani

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 Hydroporini

Subtribe Hydroporina

Genus Neoporus

Explanation of Names

Neoporus Guignot 1931

Numbers

39 spp., all in our area(1), arranged into 9 species-groups(2)

Size

2.2‒6.4 mm(3)

Identification

Species identification heavily relies on size difference between protarsal claws

Range

most of NA, the majority of spp in the Appalachian region(3)(4)

Print References

Matta J.F., Peterson D.E. (1985) The larvae of six Nearctic Hydroporus of the subgenus Neoporus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 137: 53‒60.

Works Cited

1.	A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.

2.	A revision of the vittatipennis species group of Hydroporus Clairville, subgenus Neoporus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Wolfe G.W. 1984. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 110: 389‒433.

3.	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.

4.	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.

Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2006 - 9:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 26 February, 2024 - 8:44am

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