Travertine-beetles
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Lutrochidae
Travertine Beetles
Lutrochidae is a small family of aquatic beetles commonly known as travertine beetles. The family has been reported from hygropetric habitats for the first time in Venezuela, expanding beyond their previously known association with travertine-depositing springs and streams in North America. Species occur in the Americas from the United States through the Neotropics, with recent revisions documenting new species from Venezuela, the Guianas, and the Lesser Antilles.
Lutrochus
travertine beetles
Lutrochus is the sole genus in the family Lutrochidae, a group of small aquatic beetles commonly called travertine beetles. The genus contains approximately 21 species distributed from the southern United States through Central America to Brazil. Both adults and larvae inhabit shallow, fast-flowing streams where they are specifically associated with submerged decaying wood and travertine deposits.