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Subfamily Matinae

Matus sp. - Matus Predacious Diving Beetle - Matus Dytiscid - Matus ovatus - female predacious diving beetle larva - Matus Matus ovatus blatchleyi larva - Matus ovatus Matus ovatus blatchleyi larva - Matus ovatus Matus relictus - male Matus relictus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Matinae
Explanation of Names
Matinae Van den Branden 1885
Size
4 spp. (all in Matus) in our area, 9 spp. in 2 genera total(1)
Range
one genus nearctic (eastern), another confined to Australia(1)
Works Cited
1.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.