''Rhantus'' 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 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 about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and

marsh In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p More in genera ...

y habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)
Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of 22 species and phylogenetic considerations.
''Zootaxa'', 2317, 1-102. Several species have colonized oceanic islands and become

endemics Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

.Hjalmarsson, A. E., et al. 2013
Taxonomic revision of Madagascan ''Rhantus'' (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) with an emphasis on Manjakatompo as a conservation priority.
''ZooKeys'' 350 21-45. This genus is

paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

and will likely be revised, redefined, and split into several groups in future studies. As a result of research published in 2017 by Balke et al., 17 species were moved from ''Rhantus'' to the genera '' Nartus'', '' Meridiorhantus'', '' Caperhantus'', and '' Carabdytes''.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Rhantus'': * '' Rhantus advena'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus alluaudi'' Peschet, 1910 * '' Rhantus andinus'' Balke, 1998 * '' Rhantus anggi'' Balke, 2001 * ''

Rhantus anisonychus ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Crotch, 1873 * '' Rhantus annectens'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus atricolor'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Rhantus bacchusi'' Balke, 2001 * '' Rhantus binotatus'' (Harris, 1828) * '' Rhantus bistriatus'' (Bergsträsser, 1778) * '' Rhantus blancasi'' Guignot, 1955 * '' Rhantus bohlei'' Balke, Roughley, Sondermann & Spangler, 2002 * ''

Rhantus bouvieri ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Régimbart, 1900 * ''

Rhantus bula ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Balke, Wewalka, Alarie & Ribera, 2007 * ''

Rhantus calileguai ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Trémouilles, 1984 * ''

Rhantus capensis ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' (Aubé, 1838) * ''

Rhantus cheesmanae ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Balke, 1993 * ''

Rhantus colymbitoides ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Gschwendtner, 1932 * '' Rhantus concolorans'' (Wallengren, 1881) * '' Rhantus consimilis'' Motschulsky, 1859 * '' Rhantus consputus'' (Sturm, 1834) * '' Rhantus crypticus'' Balke, 1992 * '' Rhantus dani'' Balke, 2001 * '' Rhantus debilis'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus discicollis'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Rhantus duponti'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Rhantus ekari'' Balke & Hendrich, 1992 * '' Rhantus elegans'' C.O. Waterhouse, 1895 * ''

Rhantus elisabethae ''Rhantus'' is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types.Alarie, Y., et al. (2009)Larval morphology of ''Rhantus'' Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytisc ...

'' Balke, Kinibel & Sagata, 2007 * '' Rhantus englundi'' Balke & Ramsdale, 2006 * '' Rhantus erraticus'' Sharp, 1884 * '' Rhantus exsoletus'' (Forster, 1771) * '' Rhantus fengi'' Zhao, Jia & Balke, 2011 * '' Rhantus fennicus'' Huldén, 1982 * '' Rhantus formosanus'' Kamiya, 1938 * '' Rhantus franzi'' Balke, 1998 * '' Rhantus friedrichi'' Falkenström, 1936 * '' Rhantus frontalis'' (Marsham, 1802) * '' Rhantus galapagoensis'' Balke & Peck, 1993 * '' Rhantus gogonensis'' Wewalka, 1975 * '' Rhantus gutticollis'' (Say, 1830) * '' Rhantus hiekei'' Balke, 1993 * '' Rhantus hispanicus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus includens'' (Walker, 1871) * '' Rhantus incognitus'' Scholz, 1927 * '' Rhantus interclusus'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Rhantus intermedius'' Balke, 1993 * '' Rhantus kakapupu'' Balke, 2001 * '' Rhantus kini'' Balke, Wewalka, Alarie & Ribera, 2007 * '' Rhantus latitans'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus latus'' (Fairmaire, 1869) * '' Rhantus leuser'' Balke, 1998 * '' Rhantus liopteroides'' Zimmermann, 1927 * '' Rhantus longulus'' Régimbart, 1895 * '' Rhantus manjakatompo'' Pederzani & Rocchi, 2009 * '' Rhantus notaticollis'' (Aubé, 1837) * '' Rhantus obscuricollis'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Rhantus ovalis'' Gschwendtner, 1936 * '' Rhantus papuanus'' J. Balfour-Browne, 1939 * '' Rhantus pederzanii'' Toledo & Mazzoldi, 1996 * '' Rhantus peruvianus'' Guignot, 1955 * '' Rhantus phocaenarum'' Guignot, 1957 * '' Rhantus riedeli'' Balke, 2001 * '' Rhantus rohani'' Peschet, 1924 * '' Rhantus rufus'' Zimmermann, 1922 * '' Rhantus rugulosus'' Régimbart, 1899 * '' Rhantus schauinslandi'' Ordish, 1989 * '' Rhantus schereri'' Balke, 1990 * '' Rhantus selkirki'' Jäch, Balke & Michat, 2014 * '' Rhantus sericans'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Rhantus sexualis'' Zimmermann, 1919 * '' Rhantus signatus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Rhantus sikkimensis'' Régimbart, 1899 * '' Rhantus simulans'' Régimbart, 1908 * '' Rhantus socialis'' (C.O. Waterhouse, 1876) * '' Rhantus souzannae'' Balke, 1990 * '' Rhantus supranubicus'' Balke, 2001 * '' Rhantus suturalis'' (W.S. Macleay, 1825) * '' Rhantus suturellus'' (Harris, 1828) * '' Rhantus taprobanicus'' Sharp, 1890 * '' Rhantus thibetanus'' Régimbart, 1899 * '' Rhantus tigris'' Balke, 1995 * '' Rhantus tristanicola'' (Brinck, 1948) * '' Rhantus vermiculatus'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Rhantus vicinus'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Rhantus vinsoni'' Balke, 1992 * '' Rhantus vitiensis'' J. Balfour-Browne, 1944 * '' Rhantus wallisi'' Hatch, 1953 * '' Rhantus wittei'' Gschwendtner, 1938 * '' Rhantus yessoensis'' Sharp, 1891 * † '' Rhantus praesuturellus'' Nomnicki, 1894

References

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