Dactylosternum abdominale

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Coelostomatini
Genus: Dactylosternum
Species: Dactylosternum abdominale
Name

Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms

Homotypic
Sphaeridium abdominale Fabricius, 1792 (Original combination)
Dactylosternum insulare
Heterotypic
Andotypus perezdearcei Moroni, 2000: 23

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 1. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, xx + 330 pp. BHL PDF Reference page.
Fikáček, M.; Minoshima, Y.N.; Newton, A.F. 2014. A review of Andotypus and Austrotypus gen. nov., rygmodine genera with an austral disjunction (Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae). Annales Zoologici 64(4): 557–596. DOI: 10.3161/000345414X685893 Reference page. [See p. 589; 'comb. nov., syn. nov.']
Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page.
Moroni B., J.C. 2000. Aporte al conocimiento de los coleópteros hidrófilidos Sphaeridiini de Chile. Andotypus perezdearcei n. sp. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 26: 23–27. BHL Reference page.
Newton, A.F., jr. 1989: Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston species of Australia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Australian entomological magazine 16(3): 49–58. Reference page. [52]

Dactylosternum abdominale is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean Sea, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.[1][2][3]
References

"Dactylosternum abdominale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Dactylosternum abdominale". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

"Dactylosternum abdominale species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.