''Austrodytes'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species l ...
found only in northern Australia.
It was first described in 1978 by
Chris Watts.
The genus contains these two species:
* ''
Austrodytes insularis''
(Hope, 1841)
* ''
Austrodytes plateni''
Hendrich, 2003
References
Dytiscidae
Taxa named by Chris H.S. Watts
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