Austrodytes
Genus of beetles
| Austrodytes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Austrodytes Watts, 1978 |
Austrodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae found only in northern Australia.[1][2] It was first described in 1978 by Chris Watts.[2][3] The genus contains these two species:[4]
- Austrodytes insularis (Hope, 1841)
- Austrodytes plateni Hendrich, 2003
References
- ^ Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
- ^ a b "Genus Austrodytes Watts, 1978". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ CHS Watts (1978). "A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 26 (57): 1–166. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54576498.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).
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