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Tropisternus collaris

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Tropisternus collaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Tropisternus
Species:
T. collaris
Binomial name
Tropisternus collaris
(Fabricius, 1775)

Tropisternus collaris, the collared water scavenger beetle, is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae.[1][2] It is found in the Caribbean, North America, and South America.[2]

collared water scavenger beetle, Tropisternus collaris, Pryor, OK, USA[3]
collared water scavenger beetle, Tropisternus collaris, Pryor, OK, USA[3]

Subspecies

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  • Tropisternus collaris collaris (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Tropisternus collaris mexicanus Laporte, 1840
  • Tropisternus collaris proximus Sharp, 1883
  • Tropisternus collaris striolatus (LeConte, 1855)
  • Tropisternus collaris viridis Young and Spangler, 1956

References

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  1. ^ "Tropisternus collaris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Tropisternus collaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ a b "Images and collection data for Tropisternus collaris". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  • Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera), 416.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.