Dytiscinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least 20 genera and 380 described species in Dytiscinae.[1][2][3][4]
| Dytiscinae | |
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| Dytiscus carolinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Dytiscinae Leach, 1815 |
Genera edit
- Acilius Leach, 1817
- Aethionectes Sharp, 1882
- Austrodytes Watts, 1978
- Cybister Curtis, 1827
- Dytiscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Eretes Laporte, 1833
- Graphoderus Dejean, 1833
- Hydaticus Leach, 1817
- Hyderodes Hope, 1838
- Megadytes Sharp, 1882
- Notaticus Zimmermann, 1928
- Onychohydrus Schaum and White, 1847
- Regimbartina Chatanay, 1911
- Rhantaticus Sharp, 1880
- Sandracottus Sharp, 1882
- Spencerhydrus Sharp, 1882
- Sternhydrus Brinck, 1945
- Thermonectus Dejean, 1833
- Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 1956
References edit
- ^ "Dytiscinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Dytiscinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Bilton DT, Ribera I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys 702: 45-112.
- ^ Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.
- D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
- Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779–1006.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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