Oreodytes sanmarkii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Oreodytes
Species:
O. sanmarkii
Binomial name
Oreodytes sanmarkii
(C. R. Sahlberg, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Hydroporus rivalis (Gyllenhal, 1827)

Oreodytes sanmarkii is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It has a holarctic distribution, found in aquatic habitats in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.[2] It has an affinity toward low-velocity currents and pebbly microhabitat substrates.[4][5] It was described by Finnish entomologist Carl Reinhold Sahlberg in 1826.

Subspecies

There are two named subspecies of Oreodytes:[2]

  • Oreodytes sanmarkii alienus (Sharp, 1873)
  • Oreodytes sanmarkii sanmarkii (C. R. Sahlberg, 1826)

References

  1. ↑ "Oreodytes sanmarkii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oreodytes sanmarkii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Oreodytes sanmarkii Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. ↑ Eyre, M. D.; Pilkington, J. G.; Carr, R.; McBlane, R. P.; Rushton, S. P.; Foster, G. N. (July 1993). "The running-water beetles (Coleoptera) of a river catchment in northern England". Hydrobiologia. 264 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1007/BF00014662.
  5. ↑ Lancaster, J.; Mole, A. (16 September 1999). "Interactive effects of near-bed flow and substratum texture on the microdistribution of lotic macroinvertebrates". Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 146 (1): 83–100. doi:10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/146/1999/83.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-62-5.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". NRC 43253.
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