Japanolaccophilus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two described species in Japanolaccophilus, one alive today and the other extinct.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laccophilinae |
| Tribe: | Laccophilini |
| Genus: | Japanolaccophilus Satô, 1972 |
Species
editThese two species belong to the genus Japanolaccophilus:
- Japanolaccophilus niponensis (Kamiya, 1939) (Japan and southern Asia)
- †Japanolaccophilus beatificus Balke & Hendrich, 2019 (found in Baltic amber)[4]
References
edit- ^ "Japanolaccophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Japanolaccophilus Satô, 1972". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2021 (PDF) (Report).
- ^ Balke, M.; Hendrich, L (2019). "†Japanolaccophilus beatificus sp. n. from Baltic amber and a key to the Laccophilinae genera of the World (Coleoptera: Laccophilinae)". Zootaxa. 4567. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.10. PMID 31716445.
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