Megadytes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Tribe: | Cybistrini |
| Genus: | Megadytes Sharp, 1882 |
Megadytes is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. They are found in slow-moving or static freshwater habitats throughout most of the Neotropics, ranging from Florida and Mexico, through the West Indies and Central America, to South America as far south as central Argentina.[1] The adult beetles measure 1.65–4.75 cm (0.6–1.9 in) long depending on the exact species and the largest is also the largest in the family (together with certain Dytiscus).[1][2]
Species[]
Megadytes contains the following 21 species in 4 subgenera:[3]
Subgenus Bifurcitus:
- †Megadytes ducalis Sharp, 1882
- Megadytes lherminieri (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
- Trémouilles & Bachmann, 1980
Subgenus Megadytes:
- Griffini, 1895
- Zimmermann, 1919
- Sharp, 1882
- Megadytes fraternus Sharp, 1882
- (Wilke, 1920)
- Mouchamps, 1957
- (Olivier, 1795)
- (Fabricius, 1801)
- (Perty, 1830)
- (Wehncke, 1876)
Subgenus Paramegadytes:
- (Germain, 1854)
- Megadytes glaucus (Brullé, 1837)
Subgenus Trifurcitus:
- (Wilke, 1920)
- Megadytes aubei meridionalis Mouchamps, 1957
- (Aubé, 1838)
- Sharp, 1882
- Sharp, 1882
- Sharp, 1882
- (Aubé, 1838)
The subgenus and status of these two species are unknown:
- (Fabricius, 1775)
- (Kirby, 1826)
References[]
- ^ a b Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
- ^ G.N. Foster; D.T. Bilton (2014). "The Conservation of Predaceous Diving Beetles: Knowns, Unknowns and Anecdotes". In D.A. Yee (ed.). Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). pp. 437–462. ISBN 978-94-017-9109-0.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.). Cite journal requires
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