Colymbetinae

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 (3): Anisomeriini - Carabdytini - Colymbetini
[source: Bouchard et al. (2011)]
Overview of genera (12)

Anisomeria – Bunites – Caperhantus – Carabdytes – Colymbetes – Hoperius – Meladema – Melanodytes – Meridiorhantus – Neoscutopterus – Rhantus – Senilites
Name

Colymbetinae Erichson, 1837

References

Erichson, W.F. 1837. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Erster Band, Erste Abtheilung. Berlin: F.H. Morin, viii + 384 pp. BHL Reference page.
Balke, M., Hájek, J. & Hendrich, L. 2017. Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae). Zootaxa 4258(1): 91–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7. Reference page.
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]