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Megasternum (beetle)

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Megasternum
Megasternum concinnum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Megasternini
Genus: Megasternum
Mulsant, 1844

Megasternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least four described species in Megasternum.[1][2][3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Megasternum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Megasternum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Megasternum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books.