Colymbetini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 160 described species in Colymbetini.[1][2][3]
| Colymbetini | |
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| Colymbetes paykulli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Colymbetinae |
| Tribe: | Colymbetini Erichson, 1837 |
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Genera
editThese 11 genera belong to the tribe Colymbetini:[2]
- Bunites Spangler, 1972
- Caperhantus
- Carabdytes Balke, Hendrich & Wewalka, 1992
- Colymbetes Clairville, 1806
- Hoperius Fall, 1927
- Meladema Laporte, 1835
- Melanodytes Seidlitz, 1887
- Meridiorhantus Balke, Hajek & Hendrich, 2017
- Nartus
- Neoscutopterus J. Balfour-Browne, 1943
- Rhantus Dejean, 1833
References
edit- ^ "Colymbetini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ a b Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Further reading
edit- 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.
- 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.
External links
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