Austrodytes

Austrodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae found only in northern Australia.[1][2] It was first described in 1978 by Chris Watts.[2][3] The genus contains these two species:[4]

  • Austrodytes insularis (Hope, 1841)
  • Austrodytes plateni Hendrich, 2003

Austrodytes
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Austrodytes

Watts, 1978

References

  1. Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
  2. "Genus Austrodytes Watts, 1978". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. CHS Watts (1978). "A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 26 (57): 1–166. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54576498.
  4. Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).


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