Crawling-water-beetles

Guides

• Haliplus

  crawling water beetles

  Haliplus is a genus of small crawling water beetles comprising at least 180 described species. Members range from 1.75 to 5 mm in length and inhabit freshwater margins worldwide except Antarctica. The genus has been subject to recent taxonomic revision, including synonymization of H. wehnckei with H. sibiricus based on morphometric and genetic evidence.

  ColeopteraHaliplidaeaquatic-beetleswetland-insectsfreshwater-invertebratescrawling-water-beetles

• Peltodytes floridensis

  Peltodytes floridensis is a species of crawling water beetle in the family Haliplidae, first described by Matheson in 1912. The genus Peltodytes is distinguished from other haliplid genera by the presence of a distinct pronotal plica—a longitudinal groove or fold on the pronotum. Species in this genus are associated with aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats.

  HaliplidaeColeopteraaquatic-beetlescrawling-water-beetlesNorth-AmericaFlorida