Pelonomus obscurus

Short description: Species of beetle

Pelonomus obscurus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Dryopidae
Genus:  | Pelonomus
Species:  |

P. obscurus

Binomial name
Pelonomus obscurus

Leconte, 1852

Pelonomus obscurus is a species of long-toed water beetle in the family Dryopidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]

## Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Pelonomus obscurus:

* Pelonomus obscurus gracilipes Chevrolat, 1864
* Pelonomus obscurus obscurus LeConte, 1852

## References

1. ↑ "Pelonomus obscurus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114004.
2. ↑ "Pelonomus obscurus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4988060.
3. ↑ "Pelonomus obscurus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/89380.

## Further reading

* Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

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