Methles

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: Methlini
Genus: Methles
Species :
Name

Methles Sharp, 1882: Trans. R. Dublin Soc., (2) 2, 489.
References

Pederzani, F.; Schizzerotto, A. 2013: Notes on West African Methles. 1. Rediscovery of Methles freyi Guignot, 1953 and description of the male (Insecta Coleoptera Dytiscidae). Quaderno di studi e notizie di storia naturale della Romagna, 38: 91–96.

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

Methles caucasicus Riha, 1974
Methles cribratellus (Fairmaire, 1880)
Methles freyi Guignot, 1953
Methles indicus Régimbart, 1899
Methles laevis Zimmermann, 1933
Methles punctatissimus Gschwendtner, 1943
Methles rectus Sharp, 1882
Methles spinosus Sharp, 1882

References

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