Biology:Eretes sticticus
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Short description: Species of beetle
Eretes sticticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Eretes |
Species: | E. sticticus
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Binomial name | |
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Eretes sticticus, the western erete, is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas from the southern United States to Peru.[4] This species preys specifically on mosquito larvae in ponds and pools.[5] They can kill up to all the instar larvae of the mosquito depending on size and density of the prey. [5]
References
- ↑ "Eretes sticticus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/227009.
- ↑ "Eretes sticticus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=728539.
- ↑ "Eretes sticticus Overview". http://eol.org/pages/1171576/overview.
- ↑ Miller, K. B. (2002). Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects, 24(4), 247–272.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars; Vyhnálek, Vladimír; Csabai, Zoltán (2014). "Eretesdiving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Central Europe – witnesses of climate change?". Aquatic Insects 36 (3–4): 267–271. doi:10.1080/01650424.2015.1079639. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01650424.2015.1079639?cookieSet=1.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.. 2000.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press..
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. pp. 395. ISBN 87-88757-62-5.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company..
- Bilton, DT; Ribera, I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys (702): 45–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.702.14787. PMID 29118600.
- Bousquet, Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMID 23431087.
- Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253..
Wikidata ☰ Q2481152 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eretes sticticus.
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