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Dineutus discolor Aube 1838

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • 2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver ,, Canada

Description

Dineutus discolor Aubé, 1838

Dineutus discolor was reported from Nova Scotia by Roughley (1991). It has been recorded from the mainland of the province (Fig. 7). Morrissette (1979) reported that it preferred clear, running water.

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Kenner, Rex, 2009, The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition, pp. 355-372 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on page 359, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.216, http://zenodo.org/record/576544

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Biodiversity

Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Dineutus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Aube
Species
discolor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dineutus discolor Aube, 1838 sec. Majka & Kenner, 2009

References

  • Roughley RE (1991) Family Gyrinidae: Whirligig Beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Ontario: Agriculture Canada, publication 1861 / E: pp. 72 - 673. http: // www. canacoll. org / Coleo / Checklist / PDF files / GYRINIDAE. pdf [accessed 29 June 2009]
  • Morrissette R (1979) Les coleopteres Gyrinidae du Quebec. Cordulia, Supplement 8: 1 - 43.