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Hungerford's crawling water beetle

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of the Hungerford's crawling water beetle is more or less ovoid, with a markedly convex upperside. They have a yellowish-brown color with irregular dark markings. They are extremely small (3.8–4.3 millimetres or 0.15–0.17 inches long) which may contribute to the difficulty in locating them. Their
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and the Saugeen River mainstem. In 1986, 42 beetles were identified at a site downstream from a dam on the North Saugeen. An unspecified number of beetles were last recorded in 2001, but surveys in 2002 and 2008 uncovered no specimens. As a result, the status of this population of Hungerford's
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The Carp Lake River and Van Hetton Creek identifications were significant as they represented a new location beyond those originally identified when the Hungerford's crawling water beetle was categorized as endangered in 1994. This suggests that the rare beetle may occur in other sites as yet
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as well as parts of its hindlegs. These hindleg plates do not move although they are not fused to the beetle's centerline. As with all Haliplidae, these specialized hindleg plates function as air storage devices supplementing the air carried under the wing covers.
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It is believed that the Hungerford's crawling water beetle requires cool (15–25 °C or 59–77 °F), swift flowing alkaline streams with sand and gravel bottoms. While in their larval stage, the beetles gather in concentrations of
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Although most other Haliplidae are capable of flight, only one observation of a flying Hungerford's crawling water beetle has been made. It is not certain how far adults fly or what triggers them to initiate flight.
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Draft Recovery Plan for the species published in August 2004 estimates roughly 1000 individuals are present in the wild. In 2010, a five-year summary report by the
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Hungerford's crawling water beetle was categorized as endangered on March 7, 1994, effective April 6, 1994, under the provisions of the U.S.
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Known populations of Hungerford's crawling water beetles are limited to cold-water streams in only seven locations. Four of these are in
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As characteristic of all Haliplidae, the hindlegs of Hungerford's crawling water beetles have very distinctive and comparatively large
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Almost all known Hungerford's crawling water beetles live in a single location: the East Branch of the Maple River in
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two more sites have yielded official records of Hungerford's crawling water beetles. Along the East Branch of the
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Grant, Michael; Kopple, Robert Vande (2009). "A Stable Isotope Investigation into the Feeding Behavior of
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Of the remaining sites, a second is also in Emmet County. This is near the Oliver Road crossing of the
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dams and anthropogenic structures such as culverts and dams. The larvae may specialize in feeding on
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R. E. Roughley (2001). "Haliplidae". In Ross H. Arnett, Jr. & Michael C. Thomas (ed.).
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Spangler, P.J. 1954. A new species of water beetle from Michigan (Coleoptera: Haliplidae).
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NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer
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Spangler (Coleoptera: Haliplidae), a Federally Endangered Crawling Water Beetle".
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Populations of Hungerford's crawling water beetles in Canada inhabit the North
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are nearly parallel for the basal two-thirds before widening at the sides.
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The larvae of this beetle can be identified by the presence of a curved
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crawling water beetles in the North Saugeen is uncertain at present.
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COSEWIC Status Report on the Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
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and in slower moving waters. The beetles are thought to favor
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are characterized by perforated stripes. The sides of their
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Brychius hungerfordi
Conservation status
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Haliplidae
Brychius
Binomial name
family
Haliplidae
water beetles
US Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
entomologist
Endangered Species Act
Canada
Species at Risk Act
Michigan
Michigan
Ontario
Emmet County, Michigan
University of Michigan Biological Station
Carp Lake River

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