Oreodytes scitulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Dytiscidae
Subfamily:
Hydroporinae
Tribe:
Hydroporini
Genus:
Oreodytes
Species:
O. scitulus
Binomial name
Oreodytes scitulus
(LeConte, 1855)

Oreodytes scitulus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Subspecies

  • Oreodytes scitulus bisulcatus (Fall, 1923)
  • Oreodytes scitulus scitulus (LeConte, 1855)

References

  1. ↑ "Oreodytes scitulus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Oreodytes scitulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Bilton DT, Ribera I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys 702: 45-112.
  4. ↑ Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.
  • D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
  • Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
  • Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, vol. 4, 38–45.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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