Colymbetinae

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.[1][2]

Rhantus suturellus

Colymbetinae
Carabdytes upin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Colymbetinae Erichson, 1837

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Colymbetinae:

• Anisomeria Brinck, 1943 ^{i c g}
• Bunites Spangler, 1972 ^{i c g}
• Carabdytes Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka, 1992 ^{i c g}
• Colymbetes Clairville, 1806 ^{i c g b}
• Hoperius Fall, 1927 ^{i c g b}
• Meladema Laporte, 1835 ^{i c g}
• Melanodytes Seidlitz, 1887 ^{i c g}
• Neoscutopterus J. Balfour-Browne, 1943 ^{i c g b}
• Rhantus Dejean, 1833 ^{i c g b}
• Rugosus García, 2001 ^{i c g}
• Senilites Brinck, 1948 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Colymbetinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Colymbetinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

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

External links

• Media related to Colymbetinae at Wikimedia Commons