Subfamily Colymbetinae Erichson 1837 (predaceous diving beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Parent taxon: Dytiscidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nilsson 2001
Sister taxa: Agabinae, Angaragabus, Aubehydrinae, Copelatinae, Coptotominae, Cretodytes, Cybisterinae, Dytiscinae, Hydroporinae, Laccophilinae, Liadytiscinae, Necticus palustris, Palaeodytes, Sinoporus
Subtaxa: Colymbetini
Type: Colymbetes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Pennsylvania, Washington)
• Miocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 19 collections including 26 occurrences