''Amphizoa lecontei''
is a species of aquatic
beetle. Adults have a body length of between 11.5 and 16 millimeters. Its
elytron has a distinct carina on fifth interval. The species is found in western North America, especially in the Rocky Mountains. Its
common name
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is "Trout-stream beetle". Its
synonym
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is ''Amphizoa carinata''.
[Kavanaugh, D. H. (1986) A systematic review of amphizoid beetles (Amphizoidae: Coleoptera) and their phylogenetic relationships to other Adephaga. ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences'', vol. 44, no. 6]
References
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Adephaga
Beetles described in 1872