Dytiscus Linnaeus 1758 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Alternative spelling: Dyticus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Dytiscini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Carpenter 1992, Dejean 1821, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Latreille 1804, LeConte 1861, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Nilsson 2001, Panzer 1793, Paykull 1798, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763 and Strøm 1768

Sister taxon: Miodytiscus

Subtaxa: Dytiscus avunculus Dytiscus lapponicus Dytiscus latahensis Dytiscus lavateri Dytiscus marginalis Dytiscus marginicollis Dytiscus miocenicus Dytiscus zersii

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Japan (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California, Washington)

• Miocene of Germany (3), United States (2: Idaho, Washington)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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