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Sternhydrus

Sternhydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. They are found in Australia, New Guinea, and Buru Island. The genus contains the following four species:Sternhydrus atratus (Fabricius, 1801) Sternhydrus gibbosus (Wilke, 1920) Sternhydrus kolbei (Wilke, 1920) Sternhydrus toxopei (Zimmermann, 1925)

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Sternhydrus
Brinck, 1945

Sternhydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. They are found in Australia, New Guinea, and Buru Island. The genus contains the following four species:12

  • Sternhydrus atratus (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Sternhydrus gibbosus (Wilke, 1920)
  • Sternhydrus kolbei (Wilke, 1920)
  • Sternhydrus toxopei (Zimmermann, 1925)
References

References

  1. Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
  2. Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).