Metaxydytes
Appearance
Metaxydytes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Tribe: | Cybistrini |
Genus: | Metaxydytes Miller, Michat, and Ferreira Jr., 2024 |
Metaxydytes is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains nine species; they were previously classified in the genus Megadytes.[1]
- Metaxydytes carcharias (Griffini, 1895)
- Metaxydytes ecuadorius (Zimmermann, 1919)
- Metaxydytes flohri (Sharp, 1882)
- Metaxydytes fraternus (Sharp, 1882)
- Metaxydytes guayanensis (Wilke, 1920)
- Metaxydytes guignoti (Mouchamps, 1957)
- Metaxydytes laevigatus (Olivier, 1795)
- Metaxydytes marginithorax (Perty, 1830)
- Metaxydytes steinheili (Wehncke, 1876)
References
[edit]- ^ Miller, Kelly B.; Michat, Mariano C.; Ferreira, Nelson (2024). "Reclassification of Cybistrinae Sharp, 1880 in the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae), with description of new taxa". ZooKeys (1188): 126–168. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1188.110081. PMC 10790577. PMID 38230379.