Lancetes Explained

Lancetes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in Lancetes, found in Australasia and the Neotropics.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Lancetes:

• Lancetes angusticollis (Curtis, 1839)
• Lancetes arauco Bachmann & Trémouilles, 1981
• Lancetes backstromi Zimmermann, 1924
• Lancetes biremis Ríha, 1961
• Lancetes borellii Griffini, 1895
• Lancetes dacunhae Brinck, 1948
• Lancetes delkeskampi Ríha, 1961
• Lancetes falklandicus Ríha, 1961
• Lancetes flavipes Zimmermann, 1924
• Lancetes flavoscutatus Enderlein, 1912
• Lancetes immarginatus Zimmermann, 1924
• Lancetes lanceolatus (Clark, 1863)
• Lancetes marginatus (Steinheil, 1869)
• Lancetes mixtus (C.O. Waterhouse, 1881)
• Lancetes nigriceps (Erichson, 1834)
• Lancetes praemorsus (Erichson, 1834)
• Lancetes subseriatus Zimmermann, 1924
• Lancetes tarsalis Ríha, 1961
• Lancetes theresae Sharp, 1902
• Lancetes towianicus Zimmermann, 1924
• Lancetes varius (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lancetes waterhousei Griffini, 1895

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.