''Mesoderus'' is an extinct genus 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. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a ...
s in the family
Dytiscidae. There are at least four described species in ''Mesoderus''.
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Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Mesoderus'':
* † '' Mesoderus magnus'' Prokin & Ren, 2010
* † '' Mesoderus ovatus'' Prokin, Petrov, B. Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013
* † '' Mesoderus punctatus'' Prokin, Petrov, B. Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013
* † '' Mesoderus ventralis'' Prokin & Ren, 2010
References
Dytiscidae
Prehistoric insect genera
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