''Colymbetes'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s native to the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

, including

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

, 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 and

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

. It contains the following species:Dytiscidae Species List
at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012. * '' Colymbetes aemulus'' Heer, 1862 * '' Colymbetes dahuricus'' Aubé, 1837 * '' Colymbetes densus'' LeConte, 1859 * ''

Colymbetes dolabratus ''Colymbetes dolabratus'' 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 the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It str ...

'' (Paykull, 1798) * ''

Colymbetes exaratus ''Colymbetes exaratus'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a Family (biology), family of water beetles. The ...

'' LeConte, 1862 * ''

Colymbetes fuscus ''Colymbetes fuscus'' is a species of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Near East and North Africa. In Europe, it is only found in Austria, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain ...

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

, 1758) * ''

Colymbetes incognitus ''Colymbetes incognitus'' is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America. References Further reading

* * Dytiscidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1981 {{dytiscida ...

'' Zimmerman, 1981 * ''

Colymbetes koenigi ''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 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 ''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 minimus ''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 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 the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stret ...

'' 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 The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a Family (biology), family of water beetles. T ...

'' 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, ...

'' (

, 1758) * ''

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 ''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:Copelatus posticatus ''Copelatus posticatus'' is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the subfamily Copelatinae in the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surna ...

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''Colymbetes'' at Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae genera {{Dytiscidae-stub