Genus Sanfilippodytes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Sanfilippodytes pacificus Fall - Sanfilippodytes pacificus

Grass Lake Dytiscid III - Sanfilippodytes terminalis

Sanfilippodytes pseudovilis (Young) - Sanfilippodytes pseudovilis - 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 Hydroporinae

Tribe Hydroporini

Subtribe Hydroporina

Genus Sanfilippodytes

Explanation of Names

Sanfilippodytes Franciscolo 1979

Numbers

25 described Nearctic spp. + a few undescribed in the west(1)

Size

2.1-4.3 mm(1)

Identification

Diagnosis (1):

shape elongate to oval

hind margin of metacoxal processes sinuate and incised at each side of midline

metatrochanters large, ~½ the length of metafemora:

generally yellowish brown to black, with head and pronotum often darker than elytra; elytra of many species distinctly bicoloured

Range

NA, mostly BC-CA, with just 2 spp. in the east(2); many spp. with restricted ranges in the west

Habitat

caves, springs; alpine and subalpine lakes; under rocks along creek/river margins; some burrow in sand and gravel substrates(1)

Works Cited

1.	Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. 2001. NRC 43253.

2.	A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 1 July, 2009 - 11:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 4:49pm

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