Colymbetini

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Colymbetini
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Colymbetes paykulli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Tribe: Colymbetini
Erichson, 1837

Colymbetini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 160 described species in Colymbetini. [1] [2] [3]

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Rhantus suturellus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the tribe Colymbetini: [2]

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Copelatus ilybioides is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agabinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Agabinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 460 described species in Agabinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hydroporinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Hydroporinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least 2,200 described species in Hydroporinae.

<i>Eretes sticticus</i> Species of beetle

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colymbetinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Colymbetinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and at least 130 described species in Colymbetinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyphydrini</span> Tribe of beetles

Hyphydrini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 390 described species in Hyphydrini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cybistrini</span> Tribe of beetles

Cybistrini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are 7 genera and 128 described extant species in Cybistrini. The same set is also called Cybistrinae by authors viewing is as a subfamily of Dytiscidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Matinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least 3 genera and about 10 described species in Matinae.

<i>Derovatellus floridanus</i> Species of beetle

Derovatellus floridanus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hydrodytinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Hydrodytinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two genera and four described species in Hydrodytinae.

Liadytiscinae is a subfamily of extinct predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 5 genera and 10 described species in Liadytiscinae. All currently known members of the subfamily are known from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China.

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Brancuporus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two described species in Brancuporus. They are found in Australasia.

Etruscodytes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There is one described species in Etruscodytes, E. nethuns, found in the Palearctic.

Incomptodessus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There is one described species in Incomptodessus, I. camachoi, found in the Neotropics.

<i>Neobidessodes</i> Genus of beetles

Neobidessodes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 10 described species in Neobidessodes. They are found in Australasia. The genus was first described in 2009, and the type species is N. denticulatus.

Psychopomporus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There is one described species in Psychopomporus, P. felipi, found in North America.

Spanglerodessus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There is one described species in Spanglerodessus, S. shorti. They are found in the Neotropics.

References

  1. 1 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).
  2. ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

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