''Ilybius'' is a large
genus
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of
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
aquatic 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 in the family
Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the
Palearctic
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(including
Europe
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), the
Near East
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, the
Nearctic
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, and
North Africa
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. 70 species has been described from this genus:
Dytiscidae Species List
at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
* ''Ilybius aenescens
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Thomson, 1870
* ''Ilybius albarracinensis
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' (Fery, 1986)
* '' Ilybius angustior'' (Gyllenhal, 1808)
* ''Ilybius anjarum
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Nilsson, 1999
* ''Ilybius apicalis
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Sharp, 1873
* '' Ilybius ater'' (De Geer, 1774)
* ''Ilybius austrodiscors
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' (Larson, 1996)
* ''Ilybius balkei
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* ''Ilybius bedeli
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' (Zaitzev, 1908)
* '' Ilybius biguttulus'' (Germar, 1824)
* ''Ilybius boryslavicus
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Lomnicki, 1894
* '' Ilybius chalconatus'' (Panzer, 1796)
* ''Ilybius chishimanus
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Kôno, 1944
* ''Ilybius churchillensis
''Ilybius'' is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus: '' Wallis, 1939
* '' Ilybius cinctus'' Sharp, 1878
* '' Ilybius confertus'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius confusus'' Aubé, 1838
* '' Ilybius crassus'' Thomson, 1856
* '' Ilybius dettneri'' (Fery, 1986)
* '' Ilybius discedens'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius discors'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius erichsoni'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868)
* '' Ilybius euryomus'' (Larson, 1996)
* ''Ilybius fenestratus
''Ilybius fenestratus'' is a species of beetle found in many countries in Europe. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781.
The scent gland of this species of beetle is natural source for the anabolic steroid boldenone
Bo ...
'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* '' Ilybius fraterculus'' LeConte, 1862
* '' Ilybius fuliginosus'' (Fabricius, 1792)
* '' Ilybius gagates'' (Aubé, 1838)
* '' Ilybius guttiger'' (Gyllenhal, 1808)
* '' Ilybius hozgargantae'' (Burmeister, 1983)
* '' Ilybius hulae'' (Wewalka, 1984)
* '' Ilybius hypomelas'' (Mannerheim, 1843)
* '' Ilybius ignarus'' (LeConte, 1862)
* '' Ilybius incarinatus'' Zimmermann, 1928
* '' Ilybius jaechi'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius jimzim'' (Larson, 1996)
* '' Ilybius lagabrunensis'' (Schizzerotto & Fery, 1990)
* '' Ilybius larsoni'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius lateralis'' (Gebler, 1832)
* '' Ilybius lenensis'' Nilsson, 2000
* '' Ilybius lenkoranensis'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius lineellus'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius meridionalis'' Aubé, 1837
* '' Ilybius montanus'' (Stephens, 1828)
* '' Ilybius nakanei'' Nilsson, 1994
* '' Ilybius neglectus'' (Erichson, 1837)
* '' Ilybius oblitus'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius obtusus'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius opacus'' (Aubé, 1837)
* '' Ilybius ovalis'' Gschwendtner, 1934
* '' Ilybius pederzanii'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius picipes'' (Kirby, 1837)
* '' Ilybius pleuriticus'' LeConte, 1850
* '' Ilybius poppiusi'' Zaitzev, 1907
* '' Ilybius pseudoneglectus'' (Franciscolo, 1972)
* '' Ilybius quadriguttatus'' (Lacordaire, 1835)
* '' Ilybius quadrimaculatus'' Aubé, 1838
* '' Ilybius samokovi'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius satunini'' (Zaitzev, 1913)
* '' Ilybius similis'' Thomson, 1856
* '' Ilybius subaeneus'' Erichson, 1837
* '' Ilybius subtilis'' (Erichson, 1837)
* '' Ilybius thynias'' Fery & Przewozny, 2011
* '' Ilybius vancouverensis'' (Leech, 1937)
* '' Ilybius vandykei'' (Leech, 1942)
* '' Ilybius verisimilis'' (Brown, 1932)
* '' Ilybius vittiger'' (Gyllenhal, 1827)
* '' Ilybius walsinghami'' (Crotch, 1873)
* '' Ilybius wasastjernae'' (C.R.Sahlberg, 1824)
* '' Ilybius wewalkai'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
References
External links
''Ilybius'' at Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae genera
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