Eretes

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
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Dytiscinae
Tribus: Eretini
Genus: Eretes
Species (4): E. australis – E. explicitus – E. griseus – E. sticticus

[source: Miller (2002)]
Name

Eretes Laporte, 1833
Synonyms

Nogrus Dejean, 1833: 53 (as "Nogrus. Eschscholtz.")
Type species: Dytiscus griseus Fabricius, 1781, by monotypy.

Eretes sticticus

References
Primary references

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.

Additional references

Miller, K.B. 2002: Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic insects, 24(4): 247–272. DOI: 10.1076/aqin.24.4.247.8238 PDF

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Species-ID
Tribe Eretini (atlas of beetles of Russia) [1]

Eretes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa and the Asian region.

A 2002 revision of the genus established four species. Species of this genus are variable in size and color, and individuals of a given species can be varied in appearance as well, so the morphology of the male genitalia is used to delimit species.[1]

The beetles are yellowish in color with black markings. They have large heads with long antennae.[1]

Species:[1]

Eretes australis (Erichson, 1842)
Eretes explicitus K.B.Miller, 2002
Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781)
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

Miller, K. B. (2002). Revision of the genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects, 24(4), 247-272.