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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Eretes |
| Species: | E. sticticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Eretes sticticus, the western erete, is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas from the southern United States to Peru.[4] This species preys specifically on mosquito larvae in ponds and pools.[5] They can kill up to all the instar larvae of the mosquito depending on size and density of the prey. [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Eretes sticticus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ "Eretes sticticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ "Eretes sticticus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ Miller, K. B. (2002). Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects, 24(4), 247–272.
- ^ a b Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars; Vyhnálek, Vladimír; Csabai, Zoltán (2014). "Eretesdiving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Central Europe – witnesses of climate change?". Aquatic Insects. 36 (3–4): 267–271. Bibcode:2014AqIns..36..267H. doi:10.1080/01650424.2015.1079639. S2CID 85651319.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. p. 395. ISBN 87-88757-62-5.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Bilton, DT; Ribera, I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys (702): 45–112. Bibcode:2017ZooK..702...45B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.702.14787. PMC 5673946. PMID 29118600.
- Bousquet, Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". NRC 43253.
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