Carabdytes alutaceus is an endangered species of beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Carabdytes alutaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Tribe: Colymbetini
Genus: Carabdytes
Species:
C. alutaceus
Binomial name
Carabdytes alutaceus
(Fauvel, 1883)

This species was formerly a member of the genus Rhantus.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Foster, G. (1996). "Rhantus alutaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19459A8894564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19459A8894564.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).