Agabus obliteratus

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]

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

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

References

  1. "Agabus obliteratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. "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

  • 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.


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