Cymbiodyta marginella
When I found this beetle I thought it might be a dark Enochrus
species. But the book )¹ cleared the puzzle. The Cymbiodyta genus has
4-membered tarsi (feet) at it's middle and hind legs, while Enochrus has 5-membered. The
pictures below show respectively the hind and middle leg of this specimen, the most right picture the
middle leg of an Enochrus species.
Below some more pictures of the same specimen. Mark the characteristic brown margins on the neck
shield. The under side of the beetle is black.
1) De Waterkevers van Nederland (Drost, Nieukerken e.a.) (Dutch) KNNV publication
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