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Species of beetle
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.
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References
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.
Bibcode :
2017ZooK..702...45B .
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.
Bibcode :
2012ZooK..245....1B .
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.