Colymbetes

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: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Colymbetes
Species: C. aemulus – C. dahuricus – C. dolabratus – C. fuscus – C. koenigi – C. magnus – C. mesepotamicus – C. minimus – C. paykulli – C. piceus – C. schildknechti – C. semenowi – C. striatus – C. substrigatus – C. tolli – C. tschitscherini

In synonymy:

Colymbetes elegans = Copelatus posticatus (Fabricius, 1801)
Colymbetes multistriatus = Copelatus posticatus (Fabricius, 1801)

Name

Colymbetes Clairville, 1806
Synonyms

Cymatopterus Dejean, 1833: 54 (as "Cymatopterus. Eschscholtz.")
Type species: Dytiscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Thomson, 1859: 13.
Lymnaeus Gistel, 1834

References
Primary references

Clairville, J.P. de 1806. Helvetische Entomologie oder Verzeichniss der Schweizer Insecten, nach einer neuen Methode geordnet mit Beschreibungen und Abbildungen. [Entomologie Helvétique ou catalogue des insectes de la Suisse rangés d'après une nouvelle méthode. Avec descriptions et figures.] Vol. 2. Orell, Füssli & Co. Zürich: 247 pp. BHL Reference page.
Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Tribe Colymbetini (atlas of beetles of Russia)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Colymbetes.
Colymbetes – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names
русский: Прудовик

Colymbetes is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.

It contains the following species:[1]

Colymbetes aemulus Heer, 1862
Colymbetes dahuricus Aubé, 1837
Colymbetes densus LeConte, 1859
Colymbetes dolabratus (Paykull, 1798)
Colymbetes exaratus LeConte, 1862
Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Colymbetes incognitus Zimmerman, 1981
Colymbetes koenigi Zaitzev, 1927
Colymbetes magnus Feng, 1936
Colymbetes mesepotamicus Abdul-Karim & Ali, 1986
Colymbetes minimus Zaitzev, 1908
Colymbetes miocaenicus Riha, 1974
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson, 1837
Colymbetes piceus Klug, 1834
Colymbetes pseudostriatus Nilsson, 2002
Colymbetes schildknechti Dettner, 1983
Colymbetes sculptilis Harris, 1829
Colymbetes semenowi (Jakovlev, 1896)
Colymbetes striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Colymbetes strigatus LeConte, 1852
Colymbetes substrigatus Sharp, 1882
Colymbetes tschitscherini (Jakovlev, 1896)
Colymbetes vagans Sharp, 1882

Names brought to synonymy

Colymbetes elegans or Colymbetes multistriatus, synonyms for Copelatus posticatus

References

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