Biology:Hydrophilus triangularis

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Short description: Species of beetle

Hydrophilus triangularis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Hydrophilus
Species:
H. triangularis
Binomial name
Hydrophilus triangularis
Say, 1823

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]

References

  1. "Hydrophilus triangularis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113207. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  2. "Hydrophilus triangularis". https://www.gbif.org/species/4988136. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Morón, Miguel Ángel (2013). "El género Hydrophilus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina) en México y Centroamérica" (in Spanish). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84: 140–152. doi:10.7550/rmb.32113. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14931038 entry