Megasternum (beetle)

Megasternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least four described species in Megasternum.[1][2][3]

Megasternum
Megasternum concinnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Hydrophilidae
Tribe:	Megasternini
Genus:	Megasternum Mulsant, 1844

Species

• Megasternum concinnum (Marsham, 1802)
• Megasternum obscurum
• Megasternum posticatum (Mannerheim, 1852)
• Megasternum punctulatum Horn, 1890

References

1. "Megasternum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
2. "Megasternum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. "Megasternum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). "Encyclopedia of Entomology". Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
• Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books.