Insect Orders
The Dytiscidae Family: Predacious Diving Beetles
Laccophilus sp.
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b.
Uvarus sp.
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f.
Coptotomus sp.
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Laccophilus sp.
- Common Name: Predacious Diving Beetle
- Identifying Features: Laccophilus sp. is identified by its five segmented tarsus on the fore and mid legs, the scutellum which is covered by the pronotum, and it only has a single claw on the hind tarsus.
- Size of Mature Adult: 5mm
- Habitat: Submergent vegetation
- Other Information: The larval form was not found
- Figures:
a. Dorsal view of larva
b. Dorsal view of adult
Uvarus sp.
- Common Name: Predacious Diving Beetle
- Identifying Features: Larva: presence of a frontal head projection. Adult: The fore tibia is separated into four segments
- Size of Mature Larva: 7mm Adult: 4mm
- Habitat: Submergent vegetation, closer to the bottom of the pond
- Figures:
c. Mature larva
d. Side view of adult
e. Dorsal view of adult
f. Ventral view of adult
Coptotomus sp.
- Common Name: Predacious Diving Beetle
- Identifying Features: The eyes emerge above the antenna.
- Size of Mature Adult: 8mm
- Habitat: Submergent Vegetation
- Other Information: The larval form was not found
- Figures
g. Dorsal View