Dineutus loriae

Dineutus loriae
Dineutus loriae from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Gyrinidae
Genus:	Dineutus
Species:	D. loriae
Binomial name
Dineutus loriae Régimbart, 1899
Synonyms
Dineutes loriae

Dineutus loriae is a species of beetle within the family of whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae.^[1][2][3] The species name loriae honors the Italian explorer Lamberto Loria (1855–1913).^[4] This beetle can reach a length of about 20 mm.^[5]

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Bibliography[]

• Polhemus, D.A. 2011. New distributional records for Gyrinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) on New Guinea and nearby islands, with a checklist of the New Guinea species. Zootaxa 2900: 51-68.
• Dan A. Polhemus, Ronald A. Englund, Gerald R. Allen Freshwater Biotas of New Guinea and Nearby Islands

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