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Eretes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa and the Asian region.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyDytiscidae
Observations recorded3,920

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
103
Family
Dytiscidae
Collections
MNA, UMNH, FMNH
Recorded in
United States, Sudan, Australia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, India, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dytiscidae
Image
Eretes australis (Erichson, 1842).jpg
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Commons category
Eretes
taxon name
Eretes
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Eretes
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Eretes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa and the Asian region.

A 2002 revision of the genus established four species. Species of this genus are variable in size and color, and individuals of a given species can be varied in appearance as well, so the morphology of the male genitalia is used to delimit species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eretes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.