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Boreonectes

Boreonectes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 16 described species in Boreonectes. They are found in North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic.

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Boreonectes
Boreonectes aequinoctialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Hydroporinae
Tribe: Hydroporini
Genus: Boreonectes
Angus, 2010

Boreonectes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 16 described species in Boreonectes. They are found in North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic.123

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Boreonectes:

  • Boreonectes aequinoctialis (H.Clark, 1862)
  • Boreonectes alpestris (Dutton & Angus, 2007)
  • Boreonectes coelamboides (Fall, 1923)
  • Boreonectes dolerosus (Leech, 1945)
  • Boreonectes emmerichi (Falkenström, 1936)
  • Boreonectes expositus (Fall, 1923)
  • Boreonectes funereus (Crotch, 1873)
  • Boreonectes griseostriatus (De Geer, 1774)
  • Boreonectes ibericus (Dutton & Angus, 2007)
  • Boreonectes inexpectatus (Dutton & Angus, 2007)
  • Boreonectes macedonicus (Guéorguiev, 1959)
  • Boreonectes multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922)
  • Boreonectes panaminti (Fall, 1923)
  • Boreonectes riberae (Dutton & Angus, 2007)
  • Boreonectes spenceri
  • Boreonectes striatellus (LeConte, 1852)
References

References

  1. "Boreonectes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  2. Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
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