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Common Name:
Water Skater

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Steninae
Tribe:
Species:
Stenus sp.

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/4/10

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/557260

Stenus sp. Staphylinidae
Water Skater
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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