Aspidytes
Aspidytidae is a family of beetles of the suborder Adephaga, first recorded in 2002 from specimens in South Africa and China, containing a single known genus, Aspidytes.[1] Two species A. warasei and A. niobe have been described.
| Aspidytes | |
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| Aspidytes wrasei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Aspidytidae |
| Genus: | Aspidytes Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Aspidytes wrasei | |
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References
- Ribera, I.; Beutel, R.G.; Balke, M.; Vogler, A.P. (2002). "Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 269: 2351–2356. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2157. PMC 1691161. PMID 12495503.
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