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Agabus obliteratus

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Agabus obliteratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Agabus
Species:
A. obliteratus
Binomial name
Agabus obliteratus
LeConte, 1859

Agabus obliteratus is a species in the family Dytiscidae ("predaceous diving beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2]

A subspecies of Agabus obliteratus is A. obliteratus nectris Leech, 1942.

References

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  1. ^ "Agabus obliteratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Agabus obliteratus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Agabus obliteratus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
  • Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, vol. 4, 38–45.