Carabhydrus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Hydroporinae
Tribus: Hydroporini
Genus: Carabhydrus
Species: C. andreas – C. innae – C. janmillerae – C. monteithi – C. mubboonus – C. niger – C. plicatus – C. stephanieae – C. storeyi – C. turaki

[source: Hendrich & Watts, 2009: 3]
Name

Carabhydrus Watts, 1978

Type species: Carabhydrus monteithi Watts, 1978, by original designation

References
Primary references

Watts, C.H.S. 1978: A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (57) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS057

Additional references

Hendrich, L.; Watts, C.H.S. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the Australian predaceous water beetle genus Carabhydrus Watts, 1978 (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini). Zootaxa, 2048: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt

Larson, D.J.; Storey, R.I. 1994: Carabhydrus mubboonus, a new species of rheophilic water beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Queensland, Australia. Canadian entomologist, 126: 895–906. DOI: 10.4039/Ent126895-3

Leys, R.; Watts, C.H. 2008: Systematics and evolution of the Australian subterranean hydroporine diving beetles (Dytiscidae), with notes on Carabhydrus. Invertebrate systematics, 22: 217–225. DOI: 10.1071/IS07034

Watts, C.H.S.; Hancock, P.J.; Leys, R. 2007: A stygobitic Carabhydrus Watts (Dytiscidae, Coleoptera) from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Australian journal of entomology, 46: 56–59. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00585.x PDF

Zwick, P. 1981: Carabhydrus andreas, a new Australian dytiscid (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Aquatic insects, 3: 167–170. ISSN: 0165-0424 print/ISSN: 1744-4152 online DOI: 10.1080/01650428109361058

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Carabhydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1]

Carabhydrus andreas Zwick, 1981
Carabhydrus monteithi Watts, 1978
Carabhydrus mubboonus Larson & Storey, 1994
Carabhydrus niger Watts, 1978
Carabhydrus plicatus Watts, 1978

References

Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.