Nartus
Nartus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least two described species in Nartus. These species were formerly members of the genus Rhantus, but were moved to Nartus when it was reinstated by Balke et al. in 2017.[1][2]
| Nartus | |
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| Rhantus grapii, The Netherlands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Colymbetinae |
| Tribe: | Colymbetini |
| Genus: | Nartus |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Nartus:
- Nartus grapii (Gyllenhal, 1808)
- Nartus sinuatus (LeConte, 1862)
References
- Balke, Michael; Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars (2017). "Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)". Zootaxa. 4258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7.
- Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).
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