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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraDytiscidaeHygrotus

Say's Diving Beetle
Hygrotus sayi J. Balfour-Browne, 1944

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Dytiscidae
Genus Hygrotus
Species Hygrotus sayi J. Balfour-Browne, 1944

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Montana
SNR Unranked
RI
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked
British Columbia
S4 Apparently Secure
Northwest Territories
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
New Brunswick
S5 Secure
Yukon
S5 Secure
Saskatchewan
S4 Apparently Secure
Prince Edward Island
S4 Apparently Secure
Alberta
S4 Apparently Secure
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
S4 Apparently Secure
Nova Scotia
S4 Apparently Secure
Nunavut
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176

How to cite this account

Hygrotus sayi J. Balfour-Browne, 1944. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1770. https://cavebiology.org/species/hygrotus-sayi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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