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Genus Neoporus

Representative Images

Neoporus sp. - Neoporus clypealis Predacious Diving Beetle - Neoporus undulatus Neoporus dimidiatus (Gemminger and Harold) - Neoporus dimidiatus Diver #22 - Neoporus resembles Neoporus - Neoporus Neoporus arizonicus? - Neoporus arizonicus Neoporus ? - Neoporus clypealis Tribe Hydroporini? - Neoporus vittatipennis

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 Neoporus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

paraphyletic group in great need of revision

Explanation of Names

Neoporus Guignot 1931

Numbers

39 spp., all in NA(1), arranged into 9 species-groups(2)

Size

2.2‒6.4 mm(3)

Identification

Species identification heavily relies on size difference between protarsal claws

Range

most of NA, the majority of spp in the Appalachian region(3)(4)

Print References

Matta J.F., Peterson D.E. (1985) The larvae of six Nearctic Hydroporus of the subgenus Neoporus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 137: 53‒60.

Works Cited

1.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.
2.A revision of the vittatipennis species group of Hydroporus Clairville, subgenus Neoporus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Wolfe G.W. 1984. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 110: 389‒433.
3.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.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.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2006 - 9:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 25 July, 2025 - 8:50am

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