Dineutus is a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae, the whirligig beetles. They are 9 to 15 millimeters long. Their elytra are smooth, shallowly lined, or grooved.[1]

Dineutus
Dineutus australis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Subfamily: Gyrininae
Tribe: Dineutini
Genus: Dineutus
Macleay, 1825
Dineutus emarginatus female (top) and male (bottom)
Dineutus sp. larva
Dineutus mellyi

Species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Genus Dineutus. Digital Key to Aquatic Insects of North Dakota. Valley City State University.
  2. ^ Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
  3. ^ Gustafson, Grey T.; Sites, Robert W. (2016). "A North American biodiversity hotspot gets richer: a new species of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) from the southeastern coastal plain of the United States". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 109 (1): 42–48. doi:10.1093/aesa/sav100.
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