Hydroporini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the 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 a ...
. There are at least 730 described species in Hydroporini.
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See also
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List of Hydroporini genera
References
* D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). ''Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska''. NRC 43253.
* Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). ''World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)'', 395.
Further reading
* Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) ''American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
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* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Hydroporini
Dytiscidae
Beetle tribes
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