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Amphizoa lecontei

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Amphizoa lecontei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Amphizoidae
Genus: Amphizoa
Species:
A. lecontei
Binomial name
Amphizoa lecontei
Matthews, 1872

Amphizoa lecontei[1] is a species of aquatic beetle. Adults have a body length of between 11.5 and 16 millimeters. Its elytron has a distinct carina on fifth interval. The species is found in western North America, especially in the Rocky Mountains. Its common name is "Trout-stream beetle". Its synonym is Amphizoa carinata.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "ITIS standard report - Amphizoa lecontei (Matthews, 1872)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Amphizoa lecontei (Trout-stream beetle) (Amphizoa carinata)". UniProt. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ Amphizoa LeConte 1853. Archived September 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Illinois Natural History Survey.
  4. ^ Kavanaugh, D. H. (1986) A systematic review of amphizoid beetles (Amphizoidae: Coleoptera) and their phylogenetic relationships to other Adephaga. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 44, no. 6