''Sternhydrus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
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 ...
. They are found in Australia, New Guinea, and Buru Island. The genus contains the following four species:
* ''
Sternhydrus atratus''
(Fabricius, 1801)
* ''
Sternhydrus gibbosus''
(Wilke, 1920)
* ''
Sternhydrus kolbei''
(Wilke, 1920)
* ''
Sternhydrus toxopei''
(Zimmermann, 1925)
References
Dytiscidae
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