Agabetes acuductus is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in the United States and Canada.[1][2][3] Its habitat includes wooded wetlands, in the leaf litter of shaded pools, and cattail ponds.[4]

Agabetes acuductus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Laccophilinae
Genus: Agabetes
Species:
A. acuductus
Binomial name
Agabetes acuductus
(Harris 1828)
Synonyms

Colymbetes acuductus Harris, 1825

References

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  1. ^ "Agabetes acuductus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ^ "Agabetes acuductus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ^ "Agabetes acuductus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ^ D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, vol. 4, 38–45.