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Common Name:
Water Scavenger Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Sphaeridiinae
Tribe: Megasternini
Species:
Cercyon praetextatus

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/22/08

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

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Cercyon praetextatus Hydrophilidae
Water Scavenger Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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