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    This document is a quick guide to identifying New Zealand Hydrophilidae larvae. It provides dichotomous keys to distinguish between 5 genera of Hydrophilidae larvae - Berosus, Enochrus, Laccobius, Paracymus, and unidentified larvae. The keys involve examining characteristics such as the presence of lateral abdominal gills, number of abdominal prolegs, structure of the mandibles, clypeus, and ligula. The guide was prepared by Brian Smith in 2007 and funded by the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System program.

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    This document is a quick guide to identifying New Zealand Hydrophilidae larvae. It provides dichotomous keys to distinguish between 5 genera of Hydrophilidae larvae - Berosus, Enochrus, Laccobius, Paracymus, and unidentified larvae. The keys involve examining characteristics such as the presence of lateral abdominal gills, number of abdominal prolegs, structure of the mandibles, clypeus, and ligula. The guide was prepared by Brian Smith in 2007 and funded by the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System program.

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    Coleoptera Beetles Family Hydrophilidae Larvae

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    This document is a quick guide to identifying New Zealand Hydrophilidae larvae. It provides dichotomous keys to distinguish between 5 genera of Hydrophilidae larvae - Berosus, Enochrus, Laccobius, Paracymus, and unidentified larvae. The keys involve examining characteristics such as the presence of lateral abdominal gills, number of abdominal prolegs, structure of the mandibles, clypeus, and ligula. The guide was prepared by Brian Smith in 2007 and funded by the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System program.

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    Quick guide to New Zealand Hydrophilidae (larvae)


    Prepared by Brian Smith (2007)

    lateral
    Berosus
    abdominal
    gills

    Enochrus
    YES
    YES
    Are lateral
    abdominal gills
    present?

    Does the larva have 5 pairs of


    abdominal prolegs, & are the
    mandibles asymmetrical?

    NO Laccobius

    Paracymus

    Is the ligula absent, & the


    clypeus have a projecting, YES
    toothed median lobe? Are
    the mandibles
    asymmetrical?

    NO

    ligula YES

    Does the clypeal edge have


    several prominent teeth & a Unidentified
    mandible clypeus ligula, & are the mandibles NO larvae
    symmetrical?

    This Quick guide was funded by Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity


    Information System (TFBIS) programme number 194.

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