Oreodytes scitulus

Oreodytes scitulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Oreodytes
Species:	O. scitulus
Binomial name
Oreodytes scitulus (LeConte, 1855)

Oreodytes scitulus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Subspecies

• Oreodytes scitulus bisulcatus(Fall, 1923)
• Oreodytes scitulus scitulus(LeConte, 1855)

References

1. "Oreodytes scitulus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
2. "Oreodytes scitulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
3. Bilton DT, Ribera I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys 702: 45-112.
4. Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.

• D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
• Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
• Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, vol. 4, 38–45.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN   978-0-8493-1925-9
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.