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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Hydrophilini » Tropisternus » Tropisternus natator
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Water Scavenger Beetle - Tropisternus natator
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Luk

Water Scavenger Beetle - Tropisternus natator
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
September 23, 2006
Size: 9.5 mm
This specimen was actually captured in nearby Elora and brought to Guelph for photographing and study. Very smooth; no pitting on the elytra

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 1 October, 2006 - 2:35pm
Last updated 11 January, 2008 - 4:26am

Moved
Moved from Tropisternus.
… Cotinis, 11 January, 2008 - 4:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Patrick
Thanks for making pages for my recent bunches of ID'ed images.
… Stephen Luk, 11 January, 2008 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

Moved to genus page
Keyed down to genus Tropisternus using the key from "Nevada Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)" [American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 52 No. 1 (Jul., 1954), pp. 164-174]
The journal doesn't cover most eastern species, so genus is as far as I'll get until I get my hands on a key for eastern/NA species.
… Stephen Luk, 22 December, 2007 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Tropisternus?
Reminds me most of the genus Tropisternus, but moving to family page for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 October, 2006 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Tropisternus is possible...
though I'm still somewhat unsure. Of all the beetles that I found in that small puddle by the gorge, this individual was the only Hydrophilid that I found.
… Stephen Luk, 18 October, 2006 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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