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Gyrinidae (whirligig beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Gyrinidae Latreille p. 168
1981Gyrinidae Crowson p. 694
1992Gyrinidae Carpenter
1995Gyrinidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Gyrinidae Bouchard et al.
2022Gyrinidae Cai et al.

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

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.

Fm. Gyrinidae Latreille 1810 [whirligig beetle]
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G. †Anagyrinus Handlirsch 1906
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Anagyrinus atavus Heer 1864
G. †Coptogyrinus Handlirsch 1906
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Coptogyrinus scutellatus Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. Gyrininae Latreille 1810
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G. †Chimerogyrus Gustafson et al. 2020
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Chimerogyrus gigagalea Gustafson et al. 2020
Tr. Enhydrusini Branden 1882
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Invalid names: Dineutina Desmarest 1851 [empty], Dineutini Desmarest 1851 [replaced]
Tr. Gyrinini Latreille 1810
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G. †Gyrinoides Motschulsky 1856
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Gyrinoides limbatus Motschulsky 1856
G. Gyrinus Geoffroy 1762
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Gyrinus confinis Le Conte 1868
Gyrinus marinus Gyllenhal 1808
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Invalid names: Gyrinus praemarinus Lomnicki 1894 [synonym]
Gyrinus minutus Fabricius 1798
Gyrinus opacus Sahlberg 1819
Gyrinus praeopacus Lomnicki 1894
Tr. Orectochilini Kolbe 1880
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G. Gyretes Brullé 1835
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Gyretes giganteus Piton 1940
G. Orectochilus Dejean 1833
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Orectochilus villosus Müller 1776
G. †Gyrinopsis Handlirsch 1906
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Gyrinopsis antiquus Heer 1864
G. †Protogyrininus Hatch 1927
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Protogyrininus sculpturatus Mjöberg 1905
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Invalid names: Protogyrininus confinis Hatch 1927 [synonym]
Invalid names: Spanglerogyrinae Folkerts 1979 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available