Trifurcitus

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Trifurcitus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Tribe: Cybistrini
Genus: Trifurcitus
Brinck, 1945

Trifurcitus is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus Megadytes . [1]

References

  1. Miller, Kelly B.; Michat, Mariano C.; Ferreira, Nelson (2024). "Reclassification of Cybistrinae Sharp, 1880 in the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae), with description of new taxa". ZooKeys (1188): 126–168. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1188.110081 . PMC   10790577 . PMID   38230379.