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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Beetles (Coleoptera)
	Family:	Diving Beetle (Water: Dytiscidae)
	Species:	Predacious Diving Beetle (Rhantus suturalis)
	This Photo:	Dorsal, in water
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~13mm long. Found worldwide, and the first live diving beetle we've found. One specimen found in December.
	Copyright © 2018-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-Dec-2018
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.