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Hydaticus

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Hydaticus is a genus of predatory water beetle belonging to the family Dytiscidae. Hydaticus can be found throughout most of the world. There are 150 described species and 12 subspecies in two subgenera in the genus Hydaticus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyDytiscidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
408
With media
5
Family
Dytiscidae
Collections
PSUC, AM, OMNH, SAM, NRM, NMV
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dytiscidae
Image
Hydaticus batchianensis.jpg
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taxon name
Hydaticus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Hydaticus
taxon common name
Plasduikers
Commons category
Hydaticus
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Subgenus ''Hydaticus''
  • Subgenus ''[[Prodaticus]]''
  • References
  • External links

Hydaticus is a genus of predatory water beetle belonging to the family Dytiscidae. Hydaticus can be found throughout most of the world. There are 150 described species and 12 subspecies in two subgenera in the genus Hydaticus.

==Subgenus Hydaticus== These seven species are in the subgenus Hydaticus: Hydaticus aruspex Clark, 1864 Hydaticus cinctipennis Aubé, 1838 Hydaticus continentalis J. Balfour-Brown, 1944 Hydaticus piceus LeConte, 1863 Hydaticus schelkovnikovi Zaitzev, 1913 Hydaticus seminiger (De Geer, 1774) Hydaticus transversalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)

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