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Subfamily Dytiscinae

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Hydaticini » Hydaticus

IDENTIFICATION OF MATURE LARVAE OF HYDATICUS CINCTIPENNIS AND H. BIMARGINATUS (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE)

By Barman, EH, White, BP, Jackson, R and Wolfe, GW
Florida Entomologist 91(2), pp. 315-316, 2008, 2008

Scientific notes published by Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, 2008. Identification of larva based on morphology and breeding seasons. Available on internet form Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA)

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 April, 2012 - 12:59pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Aciliini » Graphoderus

Resolving the taxonomic conundrum in Graphoderus of the east Palearctic with a key to all species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

By Sandra Holmgren, Robert B Angus, Fenglong Jia, Zhen-ning Chen, Johannes Bergsten
ZooKeys 574: 113-142, 2016

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Key for all species (Neartic and Paleartic)

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 29 March, 2016 - 8:47am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Aciliini » Acilius

Taxonomic revision of the Holarctic diving beetle genus Acilius Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

By Bergsten, Johannes & Miller, Kelly B.
Systematic Entomology, 31: 145-197, 2006

Link to abstract.
Describes a new species, Acilius confusus for North America and includes a revised key for all species in the genus.

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 5 November, 2010 - 2:25pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Aciliini » Thermonectus

Two New Species of Thermonectus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Southwestern United States and Western Mexico

By Kenneth L. Goodhue-McWilliams
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol.35 No.4 pp.399-407, 1981

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Contributed by Claude Tessier on 30 October, 2020 - 8:58am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Eretes

Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

By Miller, Kelly B.
Aquatic Insects 24(4):247-272., 2002

PDF of this and many other aquatic beetle papers available at http://kellymillerlab.com/default.asp?action=show_pubs

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 26 June, 2014 - 8:54pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Hydaticini

Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)...

By Miller K.B., Bergsten J., Whiting M.F.
Zoologica Scripta, 1-25, 2009

Full title: Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): partition choice for Bayesian analysis with multiple nuclear and mitochondrial protein-coding genes
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Contributed by v belov on 10 January, 2012 - 10:32pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus

A systematic revision of species of Dytiscus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Part 1. Classification based on adult stage

By Roughley R.E.
Quaestiones Entomologicae 26: 383-557, 1990

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Contributed by v belov on 5 June, 2023 - 5:21pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae)

New Dytiscidae

By Fall, H. C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 25(3):163-182., 1917

Description of several dytiscid species, including Hydroporus arizonicus (now in Neoporus).

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 11 February, 2021 - 5:58pm

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