Oreodytes obesus

Oreodytes obesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Dytiscidae
Genus:Oreodytes
Species: O. obesus
Binomial name
Oreodytes obesus
(LeConte, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydroporus obesus LeConte, 1866

Oreodytes obesus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Oreodytes obesus:

  • Oreodytes obesus cordillerensis Larson, 1990 i c g
  • Oreodytes obesus obesus (LeConte, 1866) i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oreodytes obesus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Oreodytes obesus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Oreodytes obesus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. 1 2 "Oreodytes obesus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849319259.
  • Bilton, D.T.; 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.702.14787.
  • Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska" (PDF). NRC 43253.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-62-5.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
  • Zimmerman, James R. (1985). "A Revision of the Genus Oreodytes in North America (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 137 (1): 99–127. ISSN 0097-3157.


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