Nartus

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Nartus
Rhantus grapii (Dytiscidae) - (female imago), Buren (Gld.), the Netherlands.jpg
Rhantus grapii, The Netherlands
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Tribe: Colymbetini
Genus: Nartus

Nartus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two described species in Nartus. These species were formerly members of the genus Rhantus, but were moved to Nartus when it was reinstated by Balke et al. in 2017.[1][2]

Species[]

These two species belong to the genus Nartus:

References[]

  1. ^ Balke, Michael; Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars (2017). "Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)". Zootaxa. 4258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7.
  2. ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).


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