Aethionectes

Aethionectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Aethionectes ; Sharp, 1882

Last updated November 13, 2025

Aethionectes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.^[1]

The genus Aethionectes contains the following six species:^[2]

Aethionectes apicalis (Boheman, 1848)
Aethionectes eremita Bilardo & Rocchi, 2017
Aethionectes flammulatus Zimmermann, 1928
Aethionectes fulvonotatus (Clark, 1864)
Aethionectes irroratus Guignot, 1952
Aethionectes oberthueri (Régimbart, 1895)

References

↑ Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
↑ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).

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[Miller2016-1] Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.

[2] Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).

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