''Cybister'' ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of

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 ...

in family

Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species live ...

. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica. As of 2021 there are 96 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus.

List of species

Subgenus ''Cybister'' Curtis, 1827

* '' Cybister alluaudi'' Guignot, 1936 * '' Cybister bengalensis'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister buqueti'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister cardoni'' Severin, 1890 * '' Cybister celebensis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister cephalotes'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister chinensis'' Motschulsky, 1854 * '' Cybister cinctus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister cognatus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister concessor'' Guignot, 1947 * '' Cybister confusus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister crassipes'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister crassiusculus'' Régimbart, 1895 * '' Cybister dejeanii'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister dytiscoides'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister ellipticus'' LeConte, 1852 * '' Cybister explanatus'' LeConte, 1852 * '' Cybister extenuans'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Cybister favareli'' Guignot, 1936 * '' Cybister fimbriolatus'' (Say, 1823) * '' Cybister fumatus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister godeffroyi'' (Wehncke, 1876) * '' Cybister gracilis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister gschwendtneri'' Guignot, 1935 * '' Cybister guerini'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister guignoti'' Gschwendtner, 1936 ** ''Cybister guignoti pseudosenegalensis'' Guignot, 1936 * '' Cybister hypomelas'' Régimbart, 1892 * '' Cybister janczyki'' Mouchamps, 1957 * '' Cybister javanus'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister laevis'' Falkenström, 1936 * ''

Cybister lateralimarginalis ''Cybister lateralimarginalis'' is a species of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. External links''Cybister lateralimarginalis'' on Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae Beetles described in 1774 ...

'' (De Geer, 1774) ** ''Cybister lateralimarginalis ponticus'' Sharp, 1882 ** ''Cybister lateralimarginalis torquatus'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829) * '' Cybister lewisianus'' Sharp, 1873 * '' Cybister limbatus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Cybister loxidiscus'' Wilke, 1920 * '' Cybister natalensis'' (Wehncke, 1876) * '' Cybister nebulosus'' Gschwendtner, 1931 * '' Cybister occidentalis'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister pectoralis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister pederzanii'' Rocchi, 1979 * '' Cybister reichei'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister rugosus'' (W.S.Macleay, 1825) * '' Cybister rugulosus'' (Redtenbacher, 1844) * '' Cybister schoutedeni'' Gschwendtner, 1932 * '' Cybister semiaciculatus'' Schaufuss, 1887 * '' Cybister senegalensis'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister straeleni'' Guignot, 1952 * '' Cybister tibialis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister tripunctatus'' (Olivier, 1795) ** ''Cybister tripunctatus africanus'' Laporte, 1835 ** ''Cybister tripunctatus lateralis'' (Fabricius, 1798) ** ''Cybister tripunctatus temnenkii'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister ventralis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister weckwerthi'' Hendrich, 1997 * '' Cybister wittmeri'' Brancucci, 1979 * '' Cybister yulensis'' Guignot, 1956

Subgenus ''Megadytoides'' Brinck, 1945

* '' Cybister marginicollis'' Boheman, 1848

Subgenus ''Melanectes'' Brinck, 1945

* '' Cybister alemon'' Guignot, 1948 * '' Cybister aterrimus'' Régimbart, 1899 * '' Cybister basilewskyi'' Guignot, 1950 * '' Cybister bellicosus'' Guignot, 1947 * '' Cybister bimaculatus'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister blotei'' Guignot, 1936 * '' Cybister brevis'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister burgeoni'' Guignot, 1947 * '' Cybister convexus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister dehaanii'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister desjardinsii'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister dissentiens'' Mouchamps, 1957 * '' Cybister distinctus'' Régimbart, 1878 * '' Cybister ertli'' Zimmermann, 1917 * '' Cybister feraudi'' Guignot, 1934 * '' Cybister griphodes'' Guignot, 1942 * '' Cybister immarginatus'' Fabricius, 1798) * '' Cybister insignis'' Sharp, 1882 ** ''Cybister insignis caprai'' Guignot, 1949 ** ''Cybister insignis purpureovirgatus'' Guignot, 1946 * '' Cybister irritans'' (Dohrn, 1875) * '' Cybister longulus'' Gschwendtner, 1932 * '' Cybister lynceus'' J.Balfour-Browne, 1950 * '' Cybister mesomelas'' Guignot, 1942 * '' Cybister mocquerysi'' Régimbart, 1895 * '' Cybister modestus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister nigrescens'' Gschwendtner, 1933 * '' Cybister nigripes'' Wehncke, 1876 * '' Cybister operosus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister owas'' Laporte, 1835 * '' Cybister papuanus'' Guignot, 1956 * '' Cybister pinguis'' Régimbart, 1895 * '' Cybister posticus'' Aubé, 1838 * '' Cybister procax'' Guignot, 1947 **''Cybister procax vicinatus'' Mouchamps, 1957 * '' Cybister prolixus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister semirugosus'' Harold, 1878 * '' Cybister siamensis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Cybister smaragdinus'' Régimbart, 1895 * '' Cybister sugillatus'' Erichson, 1834 * '' Cybister sumatrensis'' Régimbart, 1883 * '' Cybister thermolytes'' Guignot, 1947 * '' Cybister vicinus'' Zimmermann, 1917 * '' Cybister vulneratus'' Klug, 1834 * '' Cybister zimmermanni'' Mouchamps, 1957

Subgenus ''Neocybister'' K.B. Miller, Bergsten & Whiting, 2007

* '' Cybister festae'' Griffini, 1895 * '' Cybister puncticollis'' (Brullé, 1837)

Subgenus unknown

* '' Cybister parvus'' Trémouilles, 1984

Fossil species

These seven extinct species are known only from fossils: * †'' Cybister agassizi'' Heer, 1862 * †'' Cybister atavus'' Heer, 1862 * †'' Cybister fractus'' Riha, 1974 * †'' Cybister imperfectus'' Riha, 1974 * †'' Cybister mancus'' Riha, 1974 * †'' Cybister nicoleti'' Heer, 1862 * †'' Cybister rotundatus'' Riha, 1974

References

External links

''Cybister'' on Fauna Europaea''Cybister'' on BugGuide.Net

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