Oreodytes Scitulus

''Oreodytes scitulus'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America.Bilton DT, Ribera I (2017). "A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology". ''ZooKeys 702'': 45-112.Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys 245'': 1-1722.

Subspecies

* ''Oreodytes scitulus bisulcatus'' (Fall, 1923)
* ''Oreodytes scitulus scitulus'' (LeConte, 1855)

References

* D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). ''Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska''. NRC 43253.
* Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). ''World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)'', 395.
* Webster, Reginald P. (2008). "New predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) records for New Brunswick and Canada with new distribution information on some rarely collected species". ''Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society'', vol. 4, 38–45.

Further reading

* Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) ''American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Dytiscidae
Beetles described in 1855

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