Dark Crawling Water Beetle: S1 & S2, Two caught together

Dark Crawling Water Beetle (Enochrus sp ES02)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Water Scavenger Beetle (Aquatic: Hydrophilidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Dark Crawling Water Beetle (Enochrus sp ES02)

This Photo:

🔍S1 & S2, Two caught together🔎

Thank you Dr Matthew Pintar for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~5mm long.
Note the lack of hairs on the legs typically associated with water beetles. These can't swim, but crawl like an ordinary beetle.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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