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 native to 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 ...
, including
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
, the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
, the
Near East
The Near East () is a transcontinental region around the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The term was invented in the 20th ...
and
North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
,
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
Colymbetes magnus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes mesepotamicus'' Abdul-Karim & Ali, 1986
* '' Colymbetes minimus'' Zaitzev, 1908
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Colymbetes miocaenicus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes paykulli
''Colymbetes paykulli'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America and the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined a ...
'' Erichson, 1837
* ''
Colymbetes piceus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes pseudostriatus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes schildknechti
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes sculptilis
''Colymbetes sculptilis'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle 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 wate ...
'' Harris, 1829
* ''
Colymbetes semenowi
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes striatus
''Colymbetes striatus'' is a species of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe. In Europe, it is only found in Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, ...
'' (
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
,
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Colymbetes strigatus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes substrigatus
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes tschitscherini
''Colymbetes'' is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
It contains the following species:Colymbetes vagans'' Sharp, 1882
; Names brought to synonymy:
* ''Colymbetes elegans'' or ''Colymbetes multistriatus'', synonyms for '' Copelatus posticatus''