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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: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Species:
Hydrobius fuscipes

Hodges No:

Location:
River Rd. near Atwoods
Tenants Harbor, ME
USA

Date: 8/14/10

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

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