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''Nartus'' 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 ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Nartus''. These species were formerly members 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 ...
'', but were moved to ''Nartus'' when it was reinstated by Balke et al. in 2017.


Species

These two species belong to the genus ''Nartus'': * '' Nartus grapii'' (Gyllenhal, 1808) * '' Nartus sinuatus'' (LeConte, 1862)


References

Dytiscidae Dytiscidae genera {{dytiscidae-stub