Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967 is a animal in the Psephenidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967

Psephenus texanus, the Texas water penny, is a water penny beetle found in Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Family

Psephenidae

Genus

Psephenus

Order

Coleoptera

Class

Insecta

About Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967

Psephenus texanus, commonly known as the Texas water penny, is a species of water penny beetle that belongs to the family Psephenidae. This species is distributed in Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Psephenidae › Psephenus

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

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