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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hydroporini » Deronectina » Boreonectes

Genus Boreonectes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Predaceous diving beetle - Boreonectes griseostriatus Stictotarsus spenceri Leech - Boreonectes spenceri Stictotarsus griseostriatus (DeGeer) - Boreonectes griseostriatus - male Stictotarsus griseostriatus - Boreonectes griseostriatus Stictotarsus griseostriatus - Boreonectes griseostriatus Boreonectes griseostriatus Sunrise Aquatic Beetle 2 - Boreonectes griseostriatus Sunrise Aquatic Beetle 2 - Boreonectes griseostriatus
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 Deronectina
Genus Boreonectes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
some species have been recently transferred to Leconectes or Nectoboreus(1)
Explanation of Names
Boreonectes Angus 2010
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 10 total(2)
Identification
The members of the genus can be distinguished by features of the metasternum and male protarsi(3)
Range
holarctic; in NA,
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Deronectina Galewski, 1994 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Hydroporini)
Fery and Ribera. 2018. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa 4474 (1) 001-104.
2.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.
3.Boreonectes gen. n., a new genus of Stictotarsus griseostriatus (De Geer) group of sibling species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)...
R.B. Angus. 2010. Comparative Cytogenetics.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 26 December, 2011 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Claude Tessier
Last updated 30 April, 2023 - 4:40pm

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