Neoclypeodytes cinctellus

Neoclypeodytes cinctellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Neoclypeodytes
Species:	N. cinctellus
Binomial name
Neoclypeodytes cinctellus (LeConte, 1852)

Neoclypeodytes cinctellus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America and the Neotropics. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is a predator of the critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish and has distinctive brown patterning on its head and abdomen. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Neoclypeodytes cinctellus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Neoclypeodytes cinctellus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Neoclypeodytes cinctellus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Nilsson, A.N. (2015). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2015 (PDF). Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, University of Umeå. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
5. Perkins, P.D. (1980). "Larval and pupal stages of a predaceous diving beetle, Neoclypeodytes cinctellus (Leconte) (Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 82: 474–481 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
6. Feher, Karly (2019). "Winter dynamics in mountain lakes and impacts of an introduced species to the endangered Devils Hole pupfish". ScholarWorks | University of Nevada, Reno. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

Further reading

• Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-33029-0.