Meridiorhantus orbignyi

Meridiorhantus orbignyi
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Colymbetinae
Tribe:	Colymbetini
Genus:	Meridiorhantus
Species:	†M. orbignyi
Binomial name
†Meridiorhantus orbignyi (Balke, 1992)

Meridiorhantus orbignyi is an extinct species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. This species was formerly a member of the genus Rhantus . ^{[1] [2]}

References

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).

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Rhantus orbignyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T19461A8894689. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19461A8894689.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.