''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 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 ...
, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Lancetes'', found in
Australasia
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and the
Neotropics
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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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Dytiscidae genera
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