''Graphoderus'' is a genus of

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in family Dytiscidae native to the

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Extant species

The genus ''Graphoderus'' contains the following 12 species: * '' Graphoderus adamsii'' (Clark, 1864) * '' Graphoderus austriacus'' (Sturm, 1834) * '' Graphoderus bieneri'' Zimmermann, 1921 * '' Graphoderus bilineatus'' (De Geer, 1774) * '' Graphoderus cinereus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Graphoderus elatus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Graphoderus fascicollis'' (Harris, 1828) * '' Graphoderus liberus'' (Say, 1825) * '' Graphoderus manitobensis'' Wallis, 1933 * '' Graphoderus occidentalis'' Horn, 1883 * '' Graphoderus perplexus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Graphoderus zonatus'' (Hoppe, 1795)

Extinct species

These two extinct species are known only from fossils: * †'' Graphoderus heeri'' Nilsson, 2001 * †'' Graphoderus mirabilis'' Riha, 1974

References

External links

''Graphoderus'' on Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae Dytiscidae genera Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dytiscidae-stub