''Thermonectus basillaris'' is a species of
diving beetle
The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a Family (biology), family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, bu ...
native to the eastern
United States
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, southern
Ontario
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,
Canada
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, and
Cuba
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. ''T. basillaris'' is a pioneering species that occurs in temporary ponds and readily fly. Adults are long and wide.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2186827
Dytiscidae
Beetles of North America
Beetles described in 1829