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Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Dytiscus bipustulatus was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus by Nilsson (2001); it was recombined as Agabus bipustulatus by Coope et al. (1961) and Green et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Dytiscus bipustulatus Linnaeus p. 667
1775Dytiscus bipustulatus Fabricius p. 232
1776Dytiscus bipustulatus Müller p. 71
1961Agabus bipustulatus Coope et al.
2001Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Nilsson
2006Agabus bipustulatus Green et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyAgabinaeThomson 1867
genusAgabus
subgenusGaurodytes()
speciesbipustulatus()

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.

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Diagnosis
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