Hydrophilus triangularis, known generally as the giant black water beetle or giant water scavenger, is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae.[1][2][3] It is the most common and widespread species of Hydrophilus in North America, being found across the contiguous United States, southern Canada, and Mexico.[4][5]
Hydrophilus triangularis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Genus: | Hydrophilus |
Species: | H. triangularis
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Binomial name | |
Hydrophilus triangularis Say, 1823
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References
edit- ^ "Hydrophilus triangularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Hydrophilus triangularis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Hydrophilus triangularis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Short, A. E. Z.; McIntosh, C. E. (2014). "Review of the giant water scavenger beetle genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the United States and Canada". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (2): 187–198. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.187.
- ^ Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Morón, Miguel Ángel (2013). "El género Hydrophilus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina) en México y Centroamérica". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 84: 140–152. doi:10.7550/rmb.32113.
External links
edit- Media related to Hydrophilus triangularis at Wikimedia Commons