Cybister
Sign in to savethumb|Cybister lateralimarginalis thumb|Comparison of Cybister and Dytiscus larvae Cybister ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica. As of 2024 there are 98 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus.
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- Description
- Ecology
- Importance
- List of species
- Subgenus ''Cybister'' <small>Curtis, 1827</small>
- Subgenus ''Megadytoides'' <small>Brinck, 1945</small>
- Subgenus ''Melanectes'' <small>Brinck, 1945</small>
- Subgenus ''Neocybister'' <small>K.B. Miller, Bergsten & Whiting, 2007</small>
- Subgenus unknown
- Fossil species
- References
- External links
thumb|Cybister lateralimarginalis thumb|Comparison of Cybister and Dytiscus larvae Cybister ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica. As of 2024 there are 98 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus.
== Description== Adult Cybister have broad hind legs with unequal tarsal claws (the inner claw being smaller and sometimes absent) and a fringe on the outer margin of the tarsus. They range in length up to 43 mm (C. bimaculatus from the Afrotropics). Adult males of the North American species have several ridges on the coxae of the hind legs, forming a stridulatory device.