''Hydrodytes'' 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 at least three described species in ''Hydrodytes''. It is found in North America and 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
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Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Hydrodytes'':
* '' Hydrodytes dodgei'' (Young, 1989)
* ''Hydrodytes inaciculatus
''Hydrodytes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least three described species in ''Hydrodytes''. It is found in North America and the Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeog ...
'' (Guignot, 1957)
* '' Hydrodytes opalinus'' (Zimmermann, 1921)
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