Dytiscus Habilis
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''Dytiscus habilis'' is a species of
predaceous diving beetle The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species li ...
in the family
Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species l ...
. It is found in North America from Oklahoma to Arizona south throughout Mexico to Guatemala; it is the only ''Dytiscus'' species found in the
Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...
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* Dytiscidae Beetles of Central America Beetles of North America Taxa named by Thomas Say Beetles described in 1830 Articles created by Qbugbot {{dytiscidae-stub