Cymbiodyta dorsalis
(Motschulsky, 1859)
Cymbiodyta dorsalis is a water scavenger beetle in the Hydrophilidae, first described by Motschulsky in 1859. The was previously known under the synonym C. morata (Horn, 1890), which was synonymized with C. dorsalis in a 1974 revision of the . It belongs to the C. dorsalis species group within Cymbiodyta. The species is distributed across western North America and into Central America.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Cymbiodyta dorsalis: //ˌsɪm.biˈoʊ.dɪ.tə dɔrˈsæl.ɪs//
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Habitat
Aquatic environments; specific microhabitat preferences not documented in available sources.
Distribution
Western United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) and Mexico; also recorded in Central America.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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