Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Alternative spelling: Dytiscidae
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Dytiscidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Lawrence and Newton 1995, LeConte 1861, Nilsson 2001 and Yang et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Agabinae, Angaragabus, Aubehydrinae, Colymbetinae, Copelatinae, Coptotominae, Cretodytes, Cybisterinae, Hydroporinae, Laccophilinae, Liadytiscinae, Necticus palustris, Palaeodytes, Sinoporus
Subtaxa: Aciliini Ambarticini Dytiscini Eretini Hydaticini
Type: Dytiscus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: California, Washington)
• Miocene of Germany (4), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Idaho, Washington)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 24 collections including 29 occurrences