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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30 June 2015
First Record of Dyscinetus laevipunctatus Bates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) in an Aquatic Environment in Mexico
Griselda García-Rivera,
Atilano Contreras-Ramos
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Entomological News
Vol. 125 • No. 1
June 2015
Vol. 125 • No. 1
June 2015
facultatively aquatic
Mexico
Pantanos de Centla
Rice Beetle
Tabasco
water hyacinth