Agabus obliteratus
Appearance
Agabus obliteratus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Agabus |
Species: | A. obliteratus
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Binomial name | |
Agabus obliteratus LeConte, 1859
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Agabus obliteratus is a species in the family Dytiscidae ("predaceous diving beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2]
A subspecies of Agabus obliteratus is A. obliteratus nectris Leech, 1942.
References
[edit]- ^ "Agabus obliteratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Agabus obliteratus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Agabus obliteratus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- 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.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- 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.