Heterosternuta pulchra

Heterosternuta pulchra is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Heterosternuta pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Hydroporinae
Tribe:	Hydroporini
Genus:	Heterosternuta
Species:	H. pulchra
Binomial name
Heterosternuta pulchra (LeConte, 1855)
Synonyms
Hydroporus pulcher LeConte, 1855

References

1. "Heterosternuta pulchra Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
2. "Heterosternuta pulchra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. 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.
4. Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.

• D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
• Nilsson, Anders N. (2007). "Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)".

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.