Great shore moist beetle

Great shore moist beetle
	Great shore humid beetle ( Noterus clavicornis ), illustration
Systematics
Class :	Insects (Insecta)
Order :	Beetle (Coleoptera)
Family :	Bank humid beetles (Noteridae)
Subfamily :	Noterinae
Genre :	Noterus
Type :	Great shore moist beetle
Scientific name
	Noterus clavicornis
	( De Geer , 1774)

The great water beetle ( Noterus clavicornis ) is a beetle from the family of the water beetle (Noteridae).

The beetles are 4.2 to 4.5 millimeters long. Their body is elongated ovate-oval and colored rusty red. The pronotum is usually lighter in color.

The beetles live in both standing and flowing water and even in brackish water . You can find them not only in low altitudes, but also up into the low mountain ranges . They occur in Europe , east across Asia Minor to China . They are very common in Central Europe .

literature

Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, The Central European Beetles , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1