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''Neoporus'' is a genus of
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 ...
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 ...
. These are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of
water beetles A water beetle is a generalized name for any beetle that is adapted to living in water at any point in its life cycle. Most water beetles can only live in fresh water, with a few marine species that live in the intertidal zone or littoral zone. T ...
. Their larvae are commonly known as water tigers. Neoporus is one of over 160 genera in family Dytiscidae. __NOTOC__


Species

* '' N. arizonicus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. asidytus'' Young, 1984 * '' N. aulicus'' Aubé, 1838 * '' N. baelus'' Young, 1984 * '' N. blanchardi'' Sherman, 1913 * '' N. carolinus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. cimicoides'' Sharp, 1882 * '' N. clypealis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' N. dilatatus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. dimidiatus'' Gemminger and Harold, 1868 * '' N. dixianus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. effeminatus'' Fall, 1923 * '' N. floridanus'' Young, 1940 * '' N. gaudens'' Fall, 1923 * '' N. hebes'' Fall, 1923 * '' N. helocrinus'' Young, 1967 * '' N. hybridus'' Aubé, 1838 * '' N. latocavus'' Wolfe, 1984 * '' N. lecontei'' Nilsson, 2001 * '' N. lobatus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' N. lynceus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' N. mellitus'' LeConte, 1855 * '' N. pratus'' Wolfe, 1984 * '' N. psammodytes'' Young, 1978 * '' N. rheocrinus'' Young, 1967 * '' N. semiflavus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. shermani'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. spurius'' LeConte, 1855 * '' N. striatopunctatus'' F. E. Melsheimer, 1844 * '' N. sulcipennis'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. superioris'' J. Balfour-Browne, 1944 * '' N. tennetum'' Wolfe, 1984 * '' N. tigrinus'' Fall, 1917 * '' N. undulatus'' Say, 1823 * '' N. uniformis'' Blatchley, 1925 * '' N. venustus'' LeConte, 1855 * '' N. vitiosus'' LeConte, 1855 * '' N. vittatipennis'' Gemminger and Harold, 1868 * '' N. vittatus'' LeConte, 1855


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References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2724355 Dytiscidae