''Lancetes'' is a genus of

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

s in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

and the Neotropics.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus ''Lancetes'': * '' Lancetes angusticollis'' (Curtis, 1839) * '' Lancetes arauco'' Bachmann & Trémouilles, 1981 * '' Lancetes backstromi'' Zimmermann, 1924 * '' Lancetes biremis'' Ríha, 1961 * '' Lancetes borellii'' Griffini, 1895 * '' Lancetes dacunhae'' Brinck, 1948 * '' Lancetes delkeskampi'' Ríha, 1961 * '' Lancetes falklandicus'' Ríha, 1961 * '' Lancetes flavipes'' Zimmermann, 1924 * '' Lancetes flavoscutatus'' Enderlein, 1912 * '' Lancetes immarginatus'' Zimmermann, 1924 * '' Lancetes lanceolatus'' (Clark, 1863) * '' Lancetes marginatus'' (Steinheil, 1869) * '' Lancetes mixtus'' (C.O. Waterhouse, 1881) * '' Lancetes nigriceps'' (Erichson, 1834) * ''

Lancetes praemorsus ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia and the Neotropics. Species These 22 spe ...

'' (Erichson, 1834) * ''

Lancetes subseriatus ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia and the Neotropics. Species These 22 spe ...

'' Zimmermann, 1924 * ''

Lancetes tarsalis ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia and the Neotropics. Species These 22 spe ...

'' Ríha, 1961 * ''

Lancetes theresae ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia and the Neotropics. Species These 22 spe ...

'' Sharp, 1902 * ''

Lancetes towianicus ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia and the Neotropics. Species These 22 spe ...

'' Zimmermann, 1924 * ''

Lancetes varius ''Lancetes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Lancetes waterhousei'' Griffini, 1895

Species

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