Colymbetinae Explained

Colymbetinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and at least 130 described species in Colymbetinae.

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Colymbetinae:

• Anisomeria Brinck, 1943

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• Bunites Spangler, 1972

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• Carabdytes Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka, 1992

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• Colymbetes Clairville, 1806

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• Hoperius Fall, 1927

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• Meladema Laporte, 1835

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• Melanodytes Seidlitz, 1887

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• Neoscutopterus J. Balfour-Browne, 1943

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• Rhantus Dejean, 1833

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• Rugosus García, 2001

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• Senilites Brinck, 1948

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Further reading

• Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. 2001. Larson . D. J.. Alarie . Y.. Roughley . R. E.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94. 5. 769–770. 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2. free.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. 2001. Roughley . R. E.. Larson . D. J.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. CRC Press. Family 12: Dytiscidae. 156–186. 978-0-8493-1925-9.
• Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. 2012. Bousquet . Yves. ZooKeys. 245. 1–1722. 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. 3577090. 23431087. free. 2012ZooK..245....1B.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. 2017. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-33029-0.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.