Andogyrus Explained

Andogyrus is a subgenus of Macrogyrus, a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae. It was formerly considered a distinct genus, until a phylogenetic study in 2017 downgraded it in rank to a subgenus.^[1] It contains the following species:^[2]

• Macrogyrus attenuatus (Ochs, 1954)
• Macrogyrus bos (Brinck, 1977)
• Macrogyrus buqueti (Aubé, 1838)
• Macrogyrus busculus (Brinck, 1977)
• Macrogyrus clypealis (Brinck, 1977)
• Macrogyrus colombicus Régimbart, 1890
  • Macrogyrus colombicus brincki Fery & Hájek, 2021 (new name for Andogyrus colombicus australis Brinck, 1977)^[3]
  • Macrogyrus colombicus colombicus Régimbart, 1890
• Macrogyrus depressus (Brullé, 1838)
• Macrogyrus ellipticus (Brullé, 1838)
• Macrogyrus forsteri (Ochs, 1958)
• Macrogyrus gaujoni (Ochs, 1954)
• Macrogyrus glaucus (Aubé, 1838)
• Macrogyrus lojensis Régimbart, 1892
• Macrogyrus ohausi (Ochs, 1954)
• Macrogyrus peruvianus Régimbart, 1907
• Macrogyrus productus (Brinck, 1977)
• Macrogyrus puncticollis (Ochs, 1954)
• Macrogyrus sedilloti Régimbart, 1883
• Macrogyrus seriatopunctatus Régimbart, 1883
• Macrogyrus viscus (Brinck, 1977)
• Macrogyrus zimmermanni (Ochs, 1954)

Notes and References

1. Gustafson. G.T.. Miller. K.B.. 2017. Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181. 1. 118–150. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw014. free.
2. Brinck. P.. 1977. Evolution and taxonomy of Andogyrus Ochs (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Entomologica Scandinavica. 8. 4. 241–270. 10.1163/187631277X00369.
3. Fery. Hans. Hájek. Jiří. 2021. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on some species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61. 1. 55–71. 10.37520/aemnp.2021.003. 233957204 .