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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) » Gyrininae » Dineutus » Dineutus hornii
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Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus hornii - female
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus hornii - Female
Dummer, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 26, 2011
Size: 11mm
Taken near rocks at the edge of the Androscoggin River.

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Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus hornii - female Whirligig Beetle - Dineutus hornii - female
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 July, 2011 - 7:28pm
Last updated 27 July, 2011 - 10:46pm

Moved
Moved from Dineutus.
… Brady Richards, 27 July, 2011 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Dineutus horni
Thanks Brady, a new one for the guide!
… tom murray, 27 July, 2011 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I was pleased to see thi
Yes, I was pleased to see this one show up -- it's an easy one to identify from the ventral shot. By the way, the elytral apices of the males are rounded instead of produced as in the females. Both sexes have the yellowish hypomera (underside of the elytra).
… Brady Richards, 27 July, 2011 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

 
That explains
why some like this one had odd shaped elytral apices.
… tom murray, 27 July, 2011 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

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