Rhantus

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: Rhantus
Species: R. antarcticus – R. bistriatus – R. bohlei – R. consputus – R. elisabethae – R. erraticus – R. exsoletus – R. fengi – R. fennicus – R. formosanus – R. friedrichi – R. frontalis – R. gogonensis – R. grapii – R. hispanicus – R. includens – R. incognitus – R. latitans – R. notaticollis – R. obscuricollis – R. ovalis – R. pederzanii – R. plantaris – R. rufus – R. schauinslandi – R. sexualis – R. signatus – R. sikkimensis – R. simulans – R. souzannae – R. suturalis – R. suturellus – R. taprobanicus – R. thibetanus – R. validus – R. vermiculatus – R. vinsoni – R. yessoensis
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Name

Rhantus Dejean, 1833: 54 (as "Rantus. Eschscholtz.")

Type species: Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, 1828 [= Colymbetes suturalis Macleay, 1825], by subsequent designation by Hope, 1838: 131.

Spelling of name fixed by Opinion 289.

Synonymy

Rantus Dejean, 1833: 54 [original spelling]
Rhantus Agassiz, 1846 [emendation]

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.
ICZN. 1954. Opinion 289. Acceptance of the type selection for the genus Rantus Dejean, 1833 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera) made by Hope in 1839 and emendation of the foregoing name to Rhantus. Opinion and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8: 73–88. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Alarie, Y.; Michat, M.C.; Nilsson, A.N.; Archangelsky, M.; Hendrich, L. 2009: Larval morphology of Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of 22 species and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa, 2317: 1–102. Abstract & excerpt
Balke, M. 1993: Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 63: 39–84. [in German, with English abstract] Reference page.
Balke, M.; Roughley, R.E.; Sondermann, W.; Spangler, P.J. 2002: Diving beetles of the genus Rhantus in Costa Rica: taxonomy and biogeography, with notes on South American species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Studies on Neotropical fauna and environment, 37: 263–271. DOI: 10.1076/snfe.37.3.263.8565
Balke, M.; Wewalka, G.; Alarie, Y.; Ribera, I. 2007: Molecular phylogeny of Pacific Island Colymbetinae: radiation of New Caledonian and Fijian species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Zoologica scripta, 36: 173–200. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00265.x PDF
Balke, M.; Wewalka, G.; Alarie, Y.; Ribera, I. 2010: Dytiscidae: The genus Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera). Pp. 129-147 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869 PDF
Hjalmarsson, A.E. et al. 2013: Taxonomic revision of Madagascan Rhantus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) with an emphasis on Manjakatompo as a conservation priority. ZooKeys 350: 21–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.350.6127 Reference page.
Moroni B., J.C. 1988: Revision del genero Rhantus Dejean en Chile (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae). Revista chilena de entomología, 16: 49–64.

Links

BHL bibliography
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Rhantus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhantus.
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Tribe Colymbetini (atlas of beetles of Russia)

Vernacular names
русский: Ильник