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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hyphydrini » Desmopachria » Desmopachria portmanni

Species Desmopachria portmanni

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Desmopachria portmanni (Clark) - Desmopachria portmanni Desmopachria portmanni (Clark) - Desmopachria portmanni Desmopachria portmanni (Clark) - Desmopachria portmanni
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 Hyphydrini
Genus Desmopachria
Species portmanni (Desmopachria portmanni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Desmopachria portmanni (Clark)
Orig. Comb: Hydroporus portmanni Clark, 1862
Size
2 to 2.3 mm (Young 1995)
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. (1)
Specifically: in the mountains of western Texas, and Arizona into Sonora, and in San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon Mexico (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Mexico
Print References
Young, F.N. 1955. Desmopachria portmanni (Clark) in the United States (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 50: 110–112.
Young, F.N. 1995. The Genus Desmopachria Babington, Subgenus Portmannia Young (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Insecta Mundi, 9(1-2): 37–45. (2)
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.The genus Desmopachria Babington, subgenus Portmannia Young (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae).
Young, F.N. 1995. Insecta Mundi, 9(1-2): 37–45.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 December, 2011 - 11:24am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 April, 2022 - 4:19pm

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