Hydrodytinae Explained

Hydrodytinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two genera and four described species in Hydrodytinae.

Genera and Species

These genera and species belong to the subfamily Hydrodytinae:

Genus Hydrodytes K. B. Miller, 2001 (North America and the Neotropics)
- Species Hydrodytes dodgei (Young, 1989) (North America)
- Species Hydrodytes inaciculatus (Guignot, 1957) (Neotropics)
- Species Hydrodytes opalinus (Zimmermann, 1921) (Neotropics)
Genus Microhydrodytes K.B. Miller, 2002 (Neotropics)
- Species Microhydrodytes elachistus K.B. Miller, 2002 (Neotropics)

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: 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.
Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. 2017. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-33029-0.
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.