Noteridae, Thomson, 1860

Scheers, Kevin & Thomaes, Arno, 2014, A review of the Burrowing Water Beetles of Belize with a key to the species (Coleoptera: Noteridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 51, pp. 1-17 : 1-17

Key to the species of Noteridae of Belize

This key is mainly based on ARCE PÉREZ & ROUGHLEY, 1999; MEGNA & DELER, 2006; MILLER, 2009; YOUNG, 1978; 1979; 1985. Also species that are to be expected in Belize based on their occurrence in Central America in countries both to the north and to the south of Belize were included in the key and are placed in brackets.

1a

1b Size small to very small, length less than 1.5 mm; metacoxa and metaventrite fused laterally; suture obscured ........................................................................... 2 Notomicrus Size larger, length at least 1.9 mm to over 4.5 mm; metacoxa and metaventrite not fused laterally; suture entire .......................................................................................... 3 2a