Biology:Eretes sticticus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Eretes sticticus
Dysticidae. Eretes sticticus (32432692603).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Eretes
Species:
E. sticticus
Binomial name
Eretes sticticus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Eretes occidentalis (Erichson, 1847)

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]

Eretes sticticus (Linné, 1767).jpg
Water Beetle (Eretes sticticus) attracted to light (13992967946).jpg

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2481152 entry