Oreodytes scitulus
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{{Taxobox
| name = Oreodytes scitulus
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| familia = Dytiscidae
| subfamilia = Hydroporinae
| tribus = Hydroporini
| genus = Oreodytes
| species = O. scitulus
| binomial = Oreodytes scitulus
| binomial_authority = (LeConte, 1855)
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Oreodytes scitulus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/271756|title=Oreodytes scitulus Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=728447|title=Oreodytes scitulus Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-02}} It is found in North America.Bilton DT, Ribera I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ZooKeys 702: 45-112.Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.
Subspecies
- Oreodytes scitulus bisulcatus (Fall, 1923)
- Oreodytes scitulus scitulus (LeConte, 1855)
References
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- D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
- Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, vol. 4, 38–45.
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Further reading
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- Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. {{ISBN|978-0-8493-1925-9}}
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Category:Beetles described in 1855
Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte
Category:Beetles of North America
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