Dytiscus harrisii Kirby, 1837

Majka, Christopher, 2008, The aquatic Coleoptera of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records and faunal composition, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 239-260 : 249

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.2.25

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793222

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scientific name

Dytiscus harrisii Kirby, 1837
status

 

Dytiscus harrisii Kirby, 1837 View in CoL

Prince Co.: Conway Narrows , 1.VIII.1970, U. Grigg, (1, NSMC) ; Queens Co.: Rice Pt., 12.VII.1983, M.E.M. Smith ; Rice Pt., 13.VII.1983, M.E.M. Smith, (1, ACPE) .

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island, this species is found in shallow, warm permanent ponds and sedge marshes; specimens have also been taken in beaver ponds and at the edges of slow-moving boreal streams ( Larson et al. 2000).

Larson DJ, Alarie Y, Roughley RE (2000) Predaceous diving beetles Coleoptera: Dytiscidae. of the Nearctic region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 982 pp.

NSMC

Nova Scotia Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Dytiscus