Cybister

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Sympetrinae
Genus: Cyanothemis
Species: Cyanothemis simpsoni
Name
Cyanothemis Ris, 1915

Cyanothemis is a monotypic genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae containing the single species Cyanothemis simpsoni. It is known by the common name bluebolt. It is native to central Africa, where it is known from Cameroon,the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[1]

This dragonfly lives along rivers in forested habitat.[1]
References

Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K. 2010. Cyanothemis simpsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 February 2016.

Cybister ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica.[1][2] As of 2021 there are 96 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus.[3]

List of species

Subgenus Cybister Curtis, 1827

• Cybister alluaudi Guignot, 1936
• Cybister bengalensis Aubé, 1838
• Cybister buqueti Aubé, 1838
• Cybister cardoni Severin, 1890
• Cybister celebensis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister cephalotes Sharp, 1882
• Cybister chinensis Motschulsky, 1854
• Cybister cinctus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister cognatus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister concessor Guignot, 1947
• Cybister confusus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister crassipes Sharp, 1882
• Cybister crassiusculus Régimbart, 1895
• Cybister dejeanii Aubé, 1838
• Cybister dytiscoides Sharp, 1882
• Cybister ellipticus LeConte, 1852
• Cybister explanatus LeConte, 1852
• Cybister extenuans (Walker, 1858)
• Cybister favareli Guignot, 1936
• Cybister fimbriolatus (Say, 1823)
• Cybister fumatus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister godeffroyi (Wehncke, 1876)
• Cybister gracilis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister gschwendtneri Guignot, 1935
• Cybister guerini Aubé, 1838
• Cybister guignoti Gschwendtner, 1936
  • Cybister guignoti pseudosenegalensis Guignot, 1936
• Cybister hypomelas Régimbart, 1892
• Cybister janczyki Mouchamps, 1957
• Cybister javanus Aubé, 1838
• Cybister laevis Falkenström, 1936
• Cybister lateralimarginalis (De Geer, 1774)
  • Cybister lateralimarginalis ponticus Sharp, 1882
  • Cybister lateralimarginalis torquatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829)
• Cybister lewisianus Sharp, 1873
• Cybister limbatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Cybister loxidiscus Wilke, 1920
• Cybister natalensis (Wehncke, 1876)
• Cybister nebulosus Gschwendtner, 1931
• Cybister occidentalis Aubé, 1838
• Cybister pectoralis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister pederzanii Rocchi, 1979
• Cybister reichei Aubé, 1838
• Cybister rugosus (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
• Cybister rugulosus (Redtenbacher, 1844)
• Cybister schoutedeni Gschwendtner, 1932
• Cybister semiaciculatus Schaufuss, 1887
• Cybister senegalensis Aubé, 1838
• Cybister straeleni Guignot, 1952
• Cybister tibialis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister tripunctatus (Olivier, 1795)
  • Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835
  • Cybister tripunctatus lateralis (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Cybister tripunctatus temnenkii Aubé, 1838
• Cybister ventralis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister weckwerthi Hendrich, 1997
• Cybister wittmeri Brancucci, 1979
• Cybister yulensis Guignot, 1956

Subgenus Megadytoides Brinck, 1945

• Cybister marginicollis Boheman, 1848

Subgenus Melanectes Brinck, 1945

• Cybister alemon Guignot, 1948
• Cybister aterrimus Régimbart, 1899
• Cybister basilewskyi Guignot, 1950
• Cybister bellicosus Guignot, 1947
• Cybister bimaculatus Aubé, 1838
• Cybister blotei Guignot, 1936
• Cybister brevis Aubé, 1838
• Cybister burgeoni Guignot, 1947
• Cybister convexus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister dehaanii Aubé, 1838
• Cybister desjardinsii Aubé, 1838
• Cybister dissentiens Mouchamps, 1957
• Cybister distinctus Régimbart, 1878
• Cybister ertli Zimmermann, 1917
• Cybister feraudi Guignot, 1934
• Cybister griphodes Guignot, 1942
• Cybister immarginatus Fabricius, 1798)
• Cybister insignis Sharp, 1882
  • Cybister insignis caprai Guignot, 1949
  • Cybister insignis purpureovirgatus Guignot, 1946
• Cybister irritans (Dohrn, 1875)
• Cybister longulus Gschwendtner, 1932
• Cybister lynceus J.Balfour-Browne, 1950
• Cybister mesomelas Guignot, 1942
• Cybister mocquerysi Régimbart, 1895
• Cybister modestus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister nigrescens Gschwendtner, 1933
• Cybister nigripes Wehncke, 1876
• Cybister operosus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister owas Laporte, 1835
• Cybister papuanus Guignot, 1956
• Cybister pinguis Régimbart, 1895
• Cybister posticus Aubé, 1838
• Cybister procax Guignot, 1947
  • Cybister procax vicinatus Mouchamps, 1957
• Cybister prolixus Sharp, 1882
• Cybister semirugosus Harold, 1878
• Cybister siamensis Sharp, 1882
• Cybister smaragdinus Régimbart, 1895
• Cybister sugillatus Erichson, 1834
• Cybister sumatrensis Régimbart, 1883
• Cybister thermolytes Guignot, 1947
• Cybister vicinus Zimmermann, 1917
• Cybister vulneratus Klug, 1834
• Cybister zimmermanni Mouchamps, 1957

Subgenus Neocybister K.B. Miller, Bergsten & Whiting, 2007

• Cybister festae Griffini, 1895
• Cybister puncticollis (Brullé, 1837)

Subgenus unknown

• Cybister parvus Trémouilles, 1984

Fossil species

These seven extinct species are known only from fossils:

• †Cybister agassizi Heer, 1862
• †Cybister atavus Heer, 1862
• †Cybister fractus Riha, 1974
• †Cybister imperfectus Riha, 1974
• †Cybister mancus Riha, 1974
• †Cybister nicoleti Heer, 1862
• †Cybister rotundatus Riha, 1974

References

Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
Roberts, C H (1905). "The Distinctive Characters of the Eastern Species of the Genera Dytiscus and Cybister". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 13: 103–107.
Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).