First Record of Dyscinetus laevipunctatus Bates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) in an Aquatic Environment in Mexico
2015
García-Rivera, Griselda | Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
The scarab beetle Dyscinetus laevipunctatus Bates, 1888 (Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) is recorded for the first time in an aquatic habitat. Specimens of D. laevipunctatus were found submerged in association with water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.), at several localities in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. These findings indicate that Dyscinetus spp. may be a broader facultatively aquatic group of species than previously realized by aquatic entomologists.
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