Meridiorhantus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about five described species in Meridiorhantus, found in the Neotropics and North America. These species were formerly members of the genus Rhantus, but were moved to Meridiorhantus when it was created by Balke et al. in 2017.[1][2]

Meridiorhantus
Meridiorhantus calidus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Tribe: Colymbetini
Genus: Meridiorhantus
Balke, Hajek & Hendrich, 2017

Species

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These five species belong to the genus Meridiorhantus:

References

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  1. ^ Balke, Michael; Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars (2017). "Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)". Zootaxa. 4258 (1): 91–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7. PMID 28609937.
  2. ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).