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Dytiscinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Dytiscinae Leach p. 84
1861Dytiscidae LeConte p. 39
1995Dytiscinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2001Dytiscinae Nilsson p. 265
2011Dytiscinae Bouchard et al. p. 150
2019Dytiscinae Yang et al. p. 2
2022Dytiscinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyDytiscinae
subfamilyDytiscinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Dytiscinae Leach 1815
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Tr. Aciliini Thomson 1867
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G. Acilius Leach 1817
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†Acilius florissantensis Wickham 1909
†Acilius oeningensis Heer 1847
†Acilius praesulcatus Lomnicki 1894
G. Graphoderus Dejean 1833
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†Graphoderus heeri Nilsson 2001
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Invalid names: Dytiscus areolatus Heer 1862 [replaced]
†Graphoderus mirabilis Říha 1974
Tr. †Ambarticini Yang et al. 2019
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G. †Ambarticus Yang et al. 2019
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†Ambarticus myanmaricus Yang et al. 2019
Tr. Dytiscini Leach 1815
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G. Dytiscus Linnaeus 1758
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†Dytiscus avunculus von Heyden 1862
Dytiscus lapponicus Gyllenhal 1808
†Dytiscus latahensis Wickham 1931
†Dytiscus lavateri Heer 1847
Dytiscus marginalis Linnaeus 1758
†Dytiscus miocenicus Lewis and Gundersen 1987
†Dytiscus zersii Sordelli 1882
G. †Miodytiscus Wickham 1911
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†Miodytiscus hirtipes Wickham 1911
Tr. Eretini Crotch 1873
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G. Eretes Laporte 1833
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†Eretes antiquus Oustalet 1870
Invalid names: Eunectes Erichson 1832 [replaced]
Tr. Hydaticini Sharp 1880
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G. Hydaticus Leach 1817
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Subg. Hydaticus (Hydaticus) Leach 1817
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Invalid names: Hydaticus laevipennis Thomson 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 99.60000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Ambarticus myanmaricus (198811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France Dytiscus sp. (113709)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Acilius florissantensis, Miodytiscus hirtipes (106381)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Dytiscus lavateri (122408)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Auvergne) Eunectes antiquus (127630)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Dytiscus miocenicus (130391)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) Dytiscus latahensis (140652)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Graphoderus mirabilis (105571)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dytiscus lavateri, Dytiscus oeningensis (115304) Dytiscus lavateri, Hydaticus areolatus (117252) Dytiscus zschokkeanus (122210)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Poland Acilius sp., Hydaticus laevipennis (167589)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dytiscus avunculus (152952)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy Dytiscus zersii (224200)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Dytiscus sp. (160539)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Dytiscus sp. (165700)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Graphoderus sp. (169390)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Dytiscus marginicollis (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Graphoderus austriacus (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Dytiscus marginalis (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Dytiscus sp. (167662 169379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Acilius praesulcatus, Dytiscus lapponicus (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Dytiscus sp. (166082)