Aethionectes Explained

Aethionectes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.^[1]

The genus Aethionectes contains the following six species:^[2]

• Aethionectes apicalis (Boheman, 1848)
• Aethionectes eremita Bilardo & Rocchi, 2017
• Aethionectes flammulatus Zimmermann, 1928
• Aethionectes fulvonotatus (Clark, 1864)
• Aethionectes irroratus Guignot, 1952
• Aethionectes oberthueri (Régimbart, 1895)

Notes and References

1. Book: Miller, K.B. . J. Bergsten . Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae . 2016 . 131–132 . JHU Press . 978-1-4214-2054-7 .
2. Web site: Anders N. . Nilsson . Jiří . Hájek . A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) . 2021 . 1.I.2021 .