Agabinae

Life-forms

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
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Agabinae
Genera (10): Agabus – Agametrus – Andonectes – Hydronebrius – Hydrotrupes – Ilybiosoma – Ilybius – Leuronectes – Platambus – PlatynectesAgabus - Agametrus - Andonectes - Carrhydrus - Hydrotrupes - Ilybiosoma - Ilybius - Leuronectes - Platambus

[source: Ribera, Nilsson & Vogler (2004: 547, table 1)]
Name

Agabinae Thomson, 1867

Synonyms

Hydronebriini
Hydrotrupinae Roughley in Larson, Alarie & Roughley, 2000
Stem: Hydrotrup-
Type genus: Hydrotrupes Sharp, 1882 [citation not checked]

References
cited sources

Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. 2000: Predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 0660179679 [not seen]
Ribera, I.; Nilsson, A.N.; Vogler, A.P. 2004: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Agabinae diving beetles (Coleoptera) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 30(3): 545–562. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00224-0 PDF
Sharp, D. 1882: On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 2: 179–1003, plates VII-XVIII. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Balke, M. 2005: 7.6. Dytiscidae Leach, 1915[sic!] Pp. 90-116 in Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110171309 contents limited preview
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Open access. PMC: 3088472 Open access. Reference page.
Miller, K.B. 2001: On the phylogeny of the Dytiscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with emphasis on the morphology of the female reproductive system. Insect systematics & evolution, 32(1): 45–89. DOI: 10.1163/187631201X00029 PDF [Errata in Insect systematics & evolution, 32(3): 359–360. DOI: 10.1163/187631201X00245 PDF]
Nilsson, A.N. 2000: A new view on the generic classification of the Agabus-group of genera of the Agabini, aimed at solving the problem with a paraphyletic Agabus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 70: 17–36.
Nilsson, A.N. 2001: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). World catalogue of insects, 3. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757625 ISBN 9788788757620 contents

Links

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Agabinae is a subfamily of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 460 described species in Agabinae.[1][2][3][4]
Platynectes kashmiranus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Agabinae:

Agabinus Crotch, 1873
Agabus Leach, 1817
Agametrus Sharp, 1882
Andonectes Guéorguiev, 1971
Hydronebrius Jakovlev, 1897
Hydrotrupes Sharp, 1882
Ilybiosoma Crotch, 1873
Ilybius Erichson, 1832
Leuronectes Sharp, 1882
Platambus Thomson, 1859
† Platynectes Régimbart, 1879

References

"Agabinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
"Agabinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
Roughley, R. E.; Larson, D. J. (2001). "Family 12: Dytiscidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. pp. 156–186. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9.