Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s of the genus ''Helichus'' are found worldwide apart from in Australia and Antarctica. Adults reach long and live in aquatic or riparian environments. The larvae are land-dwelling which may be unique in water living insects.
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus ''Helichus'':
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Helichus basalis''
LeConte, 1852 i c g b
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Helichus bollowi''
Hinton, 1936 g
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Helichus fastigatus''
b
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Helichus fastigiatus
Beetles of the genus ''Helichus'' are found worldwide apart from in Australia and Antarctica. Adults reach long and live in aquatic or riparian environments. The larvae are land-dwelling which may be unique in water living insects.
Species
Thes ...
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(Say, 1824) i c g
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Helichus frater''
Hinton, 1939 g
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Helichus lithophilus''
(Germar, 1824) i c g b
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Helichus puncticollis
Beetles of the genus ''Helichus'' are found worldwide apart from in Australia and Antarctica. Adults reach long and live in aquatic or riparian environments. The larvae are land-dwelling which may be unique in water living insects.
Species
Thes ...
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Sharp, 1882 i c g
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Helichus pusillus''
Hinton, 1939 g
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Helichus striatus''
Leconte, 1852 i c g b
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Helichus substriatus''
(Müller, 1806) g
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Helichus suturalis''
Leconte, 1852 i c g b
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Helichus triangularis''
Musgrave, 1935 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
External links
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Byrrhoidea genera
Dryopidae
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