Hydrodytes Explained

Hydrodytes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least three described species in Hydrodytes. It is found in North America and the Neotropics.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Hydrodytes:

• Hydrodytes dodgei (Young, 1989)
• Hydrodytes inaciculatus (Guignot, 1957)
• Hydrodytes opalinus (Zimmermann, 1921)

Further reading

• 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.
• 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: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. 2017. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-33029-0.
• On the phylogeny of the Dytiscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with emphasis on the morphology of the female reproductive system. 2001. Miller . Kelly B.. Insect Systematics & Evolution. 32. 1. 45–92. 10.1163/187631201X00029.
• Revision of the subfamily Hydrodytinae Miller (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with description of a new genus. 2002. Miller . Kelly B.. Insect Systematics & Evolution. 33. 1. 1–8. 10.1163/187631202X00019.