Dactylosternum Explained

Dactylosternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are more than 20 described species in Dactylosternum.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Dactylosternum:

• Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)
• Dactylosternum advectum Horn, 1890
• Dactylosternum americanum (Mulsant, 1844)
• Dactylosternum auripes Fauvel, 1883
• Dactylosternum cacti (LeConte, 1855)
• Dactylosternum cayannum (Mulsant, 1844)
• Dactylosternum circumcinctum Fikáek, 2010
• Dactylosternum convexum (Castelnau, 1840)
• Dactylosternum corbetti Balfour-Browne, 1942
• Dactylosternum corporaali
• Dactylosternum cycloides Knisch, 1921
• Dactylosternum dispar (Sharp, 1882)
• Dactylosternum dytiscoides (Fabricius, 1775)
• Dactylosternum flavicorne (Mulsant, 1844)
• Dactylosternum fulgens Orchymont, 1937
• Dactylosternum grouvellei Guillebeau, 1894
• Dactylosternum helleri d'Orchymont, 1925
• Dactylosternum hydrophiloides (MacLeay, 1825)
• Dactylosternum kanakorum Fikáek, 2010
• Dactylosternum montaguei Balfour-Browne, 1939
• Dactylosternum picicorne (Mulsant, 1844)
• Dactylosternum subdepressum (Laporte, 1840)
• Dactylosternum subquadratum (Fairmaire, 1849)

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.