Colymbetinae

Subfamily of beetles

Colymbetinae
Carabdytes upin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Erichson, 1837

Colymbetinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and at least 130 described species in Colymbetinae.[1][2]

Rhantus suturellus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Colymbetinae:

  • Anisomeria Brinck, 1943 i c g
  • Bunites Spangler, 1972 i c g
  • Carabdytes Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka, 1992 i c g
  • Colymbetes Clairville, 1806 i c g b
  • Hoperius Fall, 1927 i c g b
  • Meladema Laporte, 1835 i c g
  • Melanodytes Seidlitz, 1887 i c g
  • Neoscutopterus J. Balfour-Browne, 1943 i c g b
  • Rhantus Dejean, 1833 i c g b
  • Rugosus García, 2001 i c g
  • Senilites Brinck, 1948 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Colymbetinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ a b "Colymbetinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

  • Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
  • Roughley, R. E.; Larson, D. J. (2001). "Family 12: Dytiscidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. pp. 156–186. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9.
  • Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. 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.
  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
  • Media related to Colymbetinae at Wikimedia Commons
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