Dytiscidae

Three new Africophilus Guignot and new records of Gyrinidae and Dytiscidae from Sierra Leone (Coleoptera).

Western Guinean lowland forests 2008

Elytral ligula: a tongue-like process on the inner face of the side margin of elytra, to perfect the union with the ventral segments: e.g. in Dytiscidae.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Patella - ae: the modified joints of anterior tarsi in Dytiscidae; plate-like, horny or spongy structures on the undersides of the tarsal joints: the first coxal joint.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Pallette: the disc-like structure composed of three tarsal joints, on the anterior feet of male Dytiscidae.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Several species prey upon the predaceous diving beetles _ (Dytiscidae), _ which are a nuisance in fish hatcheries and which destroy many insects, the natural food of fishes.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

He believes there is no family of Coleoptera in which tropical or extra-tropical species so closely resemble one another as in the Dytiscidae.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Gyrinidae swam round and round in mazy circles; Dytiscidae came up to the surface for a moment, and dived down again to the depths below with a globule of air glistening like a diamond.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Dr. Sharp remarks that this wide distribution and great similarity of the Dytiscidae is of special interest when we recollect that they are nothing but Carabidae fitted for swimming, and yet that the Carabidae are one of the groups in which the tropical members differ widely from the temperate ones.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Miller KB (2003) The phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and the evolution of sexual conflict.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Marcus K. Drotz et al. 2010

Agabus bipustulatus complex (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) in north Scandinavia.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Marcus K. Drotz et al. 2010