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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Burrowing Water Beetles (Noteridae) » Suphisellus » Suphisellus bicolor

Species Suphisellus bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Suphisellus bicolor Noterid or Dytiscid ? - Suphisellus bicolor Noterid or Dytiscid ? - Suphisellus bicolor
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Noteridae (Burrowing Water Beetles)
Genus Suphisellus
Species bicolor (Suphisellus bicolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Suphisellus bicolor (Say)
Orig. Comb: Noterus bicolor Say
Syn: Canthydrus punctipennis Sharp (1)
Size
2.4-2.8 mm
Identification
See print references, photos.
Range
e. US (s.TX-GA-NJ-IL), CA - Map (1)(2) (Introduced to California per Leech (1970))
Habitat
lakes and ponds
Season
Noted April-July, September, December in South Carolina.
Print References
Ciegler, p. 38--description ssp. punctipennis (3)
Leech, H.B. 1970. Copelatus glyphicus (Say) and Suphisellus bicolor (Say), water beetles new to California and presumably introduced (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Noteridae). Proc. California Acad. Sci. 37: 237-247.
Internet References
The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas - Stephen W. Ziser, 2010
Works Cited
1.Noteridae: Checklist of Genera of the US, US Territories, and Canada (Brigham & Jasper)
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Water Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2003. Clemson University.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 November, 2006 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 July, 2023 - 12:17pm

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