Megasternum (beetle)
| Megasternum | |
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| Megasternum concinnum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Tribe: | Megasternini |
| Genus: | Megasternum Mulsant, 1844 |
Megasternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least four described species in Megasternum.[1][2][3]
Species[edit]
- Megasternum concinnum (Marsham, 1802)
- Megasternum obscurum
- Megasternum posticatum (Mannerheim, 1852)
- Megasternum punctulatum Horn, 1890
References[edit]
- ^ "Megasternum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Megasternum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Megasternum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
- Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books.
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