Lancetes
Sign in to savethumb | right Lancetes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in Lancetes, found in Australasia and the Neotropics. One species, Lancetes angusticollis, is found in South Georgia and is the world's most southerly diving beetle.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyDytiscidae
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thumb | right Lancetes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in Lancetes, found in Australasia and the Neotropics. One species, Lancetes angusticollis, is found in South Georgia and is the world's most southerly diving beetle.
==Species== These 22 species belong to the genus Lancetes: Lancetes angusticollis (Curtis, 1839) Lancetes arauco Bachmann & Trémouilles, 1981 Lancetes backstromi Zimmermann, 1924 Lancetes biremis Ríha, 1961 Lancetes borellii Griffini, 1895 Lancetes dacunhae Brinck, 1948 Lancetes delkeskampi Ríha, 1961 Lancetes falklandicus Ríha, 1961 Lancetes flavipes Zimmermann, 1924 Lancetes flavoscutatus Enderlein, 1912 Lancetes immarginatus Zimmermann, 1924 Lancetes lanceolatus (Clark, 1863) Lancetes marginatus (Steinheil, 1869) Lancetes mixtus (C.O. Waterhouse, 1881) Lancetes nigriceps (Erichson, 1834) Lancetes praemorsus (Erichson, 1834) Lancetes subseriatus Zimmermann, 1924 Lancetes tarsalis Ríha, 1961 Lancetes theresae Sharp, 1902 Lancetes towianicus Zimmermann, 1924 Lancetes varius (Fabricius, 1775) Lancetes waterhousei Griffini, 1895