Dineutus subspinosus

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Dineutus subspinosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Gyrinidae
Genus: Dineutus
Species:
D. subspinosus
Binomial name
Dineutus subspinosus
(Klug, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Gyrinus subspinosusKlug, 1834
  • Dineutus armatusWollaston, 1867
  • Dineutus notatipennisPic, 1909

Dineutus subspinosus is a species of whirligig beetle in the family Gyrinidae. This species is found in Africa, from South Africa (Mpumalanga, Northern Province) to Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia [1] northwards to Egypt, as well as in Oman and Yemen. [2]

References

  1. The Whiligig Beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) of South Africa
  2. Catalogue of Palearctic Gyrinidae (Coleoptera)