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Subfamily Agabinae

Representative Images

Ilybius sp. - Ilybius Ilybiosoma perplexus - Ilybiosoma perplexum - male Agabus erytropterus (Say) - Agabus erytropterus - female Ilybius discedens Sharp - Ilybius discedens - male Ilybius biguttulus (Germar) - Ilybius biguttulus - male Dytiscid - Agabus - female Agabus disintegratus ? - Agabus disintegratus Platambus apache

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Agabinae

Explanation of Names

Agabinae Thomson 1867

Numbers

just over 100 spp. in 6 genera in our area and ~420 spp. in ~9 genera of 3 tribes total(1)

Identification

keys to genera based on current concepts in (2)

Range

much of the world(2)

Works Cited

1.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.
2.Diving beetles of the world: systematics and biology of the Dytiscidae
Miller K.B., Bergsten J. 2016. JHU Press. 336 pp.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 10 October, 2010 - 2:04am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 5:34pm

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