beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s native to the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
, including
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
, the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
, the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
and
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
.
It contains the following species:Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
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Colymbetes aemulus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes dahuricus
''Colymbetes dahuricus'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water bee ...
'' Aubé, 1837
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Colymbetes densus
''Colymbetes densus'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Colymbetes densus'':
* ''Colymbetes densus densus'' LeConte, 1859
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1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
Colymbetes schildknechti
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes sculptilis'' Harris, 1829
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Colymbetes semenowi
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes striatus'' ( Linnaeus,
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
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Colymbetes strigatus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes substrigatus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes tschitscherini
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes vagans
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Copelatus posticatus''