Tropisternus collaris explained

Tropisternus collaris, the collared water scavenger beetle, is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae.^{[1] [2]} It is found in the Caribbean, North America, and South America.^[2]

Subspecies

• Tropisternus collaris collaris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Tropisternus collaris mexicanus Laporte, 1840
• Tropisternus collaris proximus Sharp, 1883
• Tropisternus collaris striolatus (LeConte, 1855)
• Tropisternus collaris viridis Young and Spangler, 1956

References

• Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera), 416.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tropisternus collaris Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-04.
2. Web site: Tropisternus collaris Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-04.