Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792) is a animal in the Hydrophilidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)

Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)

Dactylosternum abdominale is a widely distributed water scavenger beetle in the Hydrophilidae family.

Family
Genus
Dactylosternum
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)

Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792) is a species of water scavenger beetle that belongs to the family Hydrophilidae. This species has been recorded across a wide range of regions: Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.

Photo: (c) Udo Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Dactylosternum

More from Hydrophilidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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