Orange Sutured Diving Beetle
Profile
Padded Diving Beetle
Male, dorsal
| Orange Sutured Diving Beetle Profile | | Padded Diving Beetle Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Diving Beetle (Aquatic: Dytiscidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Orange Sutured Diving Beetle (Allodessus bistrigatus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Anterior | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~3mm long. The two indented lines, or sutures, along the top of it's shoulders from the pronotum to the elytra are diagnostic. | |||||
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