Dineutus americanus

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Dineutus americanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Gyrinidae
Genus: Dineutus
Species:
D. americanus
Binomial name
Dineutus americanus
Synonyms
  • Gyrinus americanusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Dineutes metallicusAubé, 1838
  • Dineutes americanusSchaum, 1848
  • Dineutus (Cyclinus) metallicusOchs, 1926a

Dineutus americanus is a species of whirligig beetle in the family Gyrinidae. This species is found in the Florida Keys, through the Caribbean from the Bahamas to Cuba, Isle de Pinos, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. John, Antigua to Guadeloupe. The habitat consists of still waters and it has also been recorded from caves. [1]

References

  1. Gustafson, Grey T.; Miller, KB (2015). "Тhe New World whirligig beetles of the genus Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae, Dineutini)". ZooKeys (476): 1–135. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.476.8630 . PMC   4311692 . PMID   25685002.