Eretes sticticus

Eretes sticticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Eretes
Species:	E. sticticus
Binomial name
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Eretes occidentalis (Erichson, 1847)

Eretes sticticus, the western erete, is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas from the southern United States to Peru. ^[4] This species preys specifically on mosquito larvae in ponds and pools. ^[5] They can kill up to all the instar larvae of the mosquito depending on size and density of the prey. ^[5]

References

1. "Eretes sticticus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
2. "Eretes sticticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
3. "Eretes sticticus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
4. Miller, K. B. (2002). Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects, 24(4), 247–272.
5. Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars; Vyhnálek, Vladimír; Csabai, Zoltán (2014). "Eretesdiving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Central Europe – witnesses of climate change?". Aquatic Insects. 36 (3–4): 267–271. doi:10.1080/01650424.2015.1079639. S2CID   85651319.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. p. 395. ISBN   87-88757-62-5.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• 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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.702.14787 . PMC   5673946 . PMID   29118600.
• Bousquet, Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.
• Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". NRC 43253.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)