Mesodytes
Mesodytes is an extinct genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There is one described species in Mesodytes, M. rhantoides.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Mesodytes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | †Liadytiscinae |
| Tribe: | †Mesoderini |
| Genus: | †Mesodytes Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 |
| Species: | †M. rhantoides |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mesodytes rhantoides Prokin, Petrov, B. Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 | |
References
- "Mesodytes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "The Paleobiology Database, genus Mesodytes". Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- Prokin, Alexandr; Dong, Ren (2010). "New Mesozoic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from China". Paleontological Journal. 44 (5): 526–533. doi:10.1134/S0031030110050072.
- Prokin, Alexander A.; Petrov, Pyotr N.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2. PMID 26217842.
- Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
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