''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.
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Dytiscidae
Beetles of Central America
Beetles of North America
Taxa named by Thomas Say
Beetles described in 1830
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