''Ilybius'' is a large
genus
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of
predatory
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aquatic
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Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
* Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...
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 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 ...
. The genus is native to the
Palearctic
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Th ...
(including
Europe
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), the
Near East
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, the
Nearctic
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The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
, and
North Africa
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. 70 species has been described from this genus:
Dytiscidae Species List
at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
* '' Ilybius aenescens'' Thomson, 1870
* '' Ilybius albarracinensis'' (Fery, 1986)
* '' Ilybius angustior'' (Gyllenhal, 1808)
* '' Ilybius anjarum'' Nilsson, 1999
* '' Ilybius apicalis'' Sharp, 1873
* '' Ilybius ater'' (De Geer, 1774)
* '' Ilybius austrodiscors'' (Larson, 1996)
* '' Ilybius balkei'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius bedeli'' (Zaitzev, 1908)
* '' Ilybius biguttulus'' (Germar, 1824)
* '' Ilybius boryslavicus'' Lomnicki, 1894
* '' Ilybius chalconatus'' (Panzer, 1796)
* '' Ilybius chishimanus'' Kôno, 1944
* '' Ilybius churchillensis'' Wallis, 1939
* '' Ilybius cinctus'' Sharp, 1878
* '' Ilybius confertus'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius confusus'' Aubé, 1838
* '' Ilybius crassus'' Thomson, 1856
* '' Ilybius dettneri'' (Fery, 1986)
* '' Ilybius discedens'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius discors'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius erichsoni'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868)
* '' Ilybius euryomus'' (Larson, 1996)
* ''Ilybius fenestratus
''Ilybius fenestratus'' is a species of beetle found throughout Europe and Northern Asia. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781.
The scent gland of this species of beetle is natural source for the anabolic steroid boldenon ...
'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* '' Ilybius fraterculus'' LeConte, 1862
* '' Ilybius fuliginosus'' (Fabricius, 1792)
* '' Ilybius gagates'' (Aubé, 1838)
* '' Ilybius guttiger'' (Gyllenhal, 1808)
* '' Ilybius hozgargantae'' (Burmeister, 1983)
* '' Ilybius hulae'' (Wewalka, 1984)
* '' Ilybius hypomelas'' (Mannerheim, 1843)
* '' Ilybius ignarus'' (LeConte, 1862)
* '' Ilybius incarinatus'' Zimmermann, 1928
* '' Ilybius jaechi'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius jimzim'' (Larson, 1996)
* '' Ilybius lagabrunensis'' (Schizzerotto & Fery, 1990)
* '' Ilybius larsoni'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius lateralis'' (Gebler, 1832)
* '' Ilybius lenensis'' Nilsson, 2000
* '' Ilybius lenkoranensis'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius lineellus'' (LeConte, 1861)
* '' Ilybius meridionalis'' Aubé, 1837
* '' Ilybius montanus'' (Stephens, 1828)
* '' Ilybius nakanei'' Nilsson, 1994
* '' Ilybius neglectus'' (Erichson, 1837)
* '' Ilybius oblitus'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius obtusus'' Sharp, 1882
* '' Ilybius opacus'' (Aubé, 1837)
* '' Ilybius ovalis'' Gschwendtner, 1934
* '' Ilybius pederzanii'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius picipes'' (Kirby, 1837)
* '' Ilybius pleuriticus'' LeConte, 1850
* '' Ilybius poppiusi'' Zaitzev, 1907
* '' Ilybius pseudoneglectus'' (Franciscolo, 1972)
* '' Ilybius quadriguttatus'' (Lacordaire, 1835)
* '' Ilybius quadrimaculatus'' Aubé, 1838
* '' Ilybius samokovi'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
* '' Ilybius satunini'' (Zaitzev, 1913)
* '' Ilybius similis'' Thomson, 1856
* '' Ilybius subaeneus'' Erichson, 1837
* '' Ilybius subtilis'' (Erichson, 1837)
* '' Ilybius thynias'' Fery & Przewozny, 2011
* '' Ilybius vancouverensis'' (Leech, 1937)
* '' Ilybius vandykei'' (Leech, 1942)
* '' Ilybius verisimilis'' (Brown, 1932)
* '' Ilybius vittiger'' (Gyllenhal, 1827)
* '' Ilybius walsinghami'' (Crotch, 1873)
* '' Ilybius wasastjernae'' (C.R.Sahlberg, 1824)
* '' Ilybius wewalkai'' (Fery & Nilsson, 1993)
References
External links
''Ilybius'' at Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae genera
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