''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'' (Erichson, 1834) * '' Lancetes subseriatus'' Zimmermann, 1924 * '' Lancetes tarsalis'' Ríha, 1961 * '' Lancetes theresae'' Sharp, 1902 * '' Lancetes towianicus'' Zimmermann, 1924 * '' Lancetes varius'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Lancetes waterhousei'' Griffini, 1895

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