''Boreonectes'' is a genus of

predaceous diving beetle 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 li ...

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 ...

. There are about 16 described species in ''Boreonectes''. They are found in North America, the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

, and the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus ''Boreonectes'': * '' Boreonectes aequinoctialis'' (H.Clark, 1862) * '' Boreonectes alpestris'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes coelamboides'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes dolerosus'' (Leech, 1945) * '' Boreonectes emmerichi'' (Falkenström, 1936) * '' Boreonectes expositus'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes funereus'' (Crotch, 1873) * '' Boreonectes griseostriatus'' (De Geer, 1774) * '' Boreonectes ibericus'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes inexpectatus'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes macedonicus'' (Guéorguiev, 1959) * '' Boreonectes multilineatus'' (Falkenström, 1922) * '' Boreonectes panaminti'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes riberae'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes spenceri'' * '' Boreonectes striatellus'' (LeConte, 1852)

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