Eretes sticticus
Scientific classification Edit this 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. ^ a b 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.

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