''Meridiorhantus orbignyi'' is an extinct species 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 ...

in the family Dytiscidae. This species was formerly a member of the genus ''

Rhantus ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

''.

References

* Dytiscidae Beetles described in 1992 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{dytiscidae-stub