''Trifurcitus'' 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 ...
s in the
dytiscid subfamily
Cybistrinae that occur in 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
In biogeog ...
. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''
Megadytes
''Megadytes'' is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. They are found in slow-moving or static freshwater habitats in the Neotropics. The adult beetles measure about long depending on the exact species and the largest is also the l ...
''.
* ''
Trifurcitus aubei
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* '' Trifurcitus aubei'' (Wilke, 1920)
* ''Tri ...
''
(Wilke, 1920)
* ''Trifurcitus aubei meridionalis''
(Mouchamps, 1957)
* ''
Trifurcitus fallax
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the Dytiscidae, dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropical realm, Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* ''Trifurcitus a ...
''
(Aubé, 1838)
* ''
Trifurcitus gravidus
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* ''Trifurcitus aubei'' (Wilke, 1920)
* ''Trif ...
''
(Sharp, 1882)
* ''
Trifurcitus obesus
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* ''Trifurcitus aubei'' (Wilke, 1920)
* ''Trif ...
''
(Sharp, 1882)
* ''
Trifurcitus perplexus
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* ''Trifurcitus aubei'' (Wilke, 1920)
* ''Trif ...
''
(Sharp, 1882)
* ''
Trifurcitus robustus
''Trifurcitus'' is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains six species that were previously classified in the genus ''Megadytes''.
* ''Trifurcitus aubei'' (Wilke, 1920)
* ''Trif ...
''
(Aubé, 1838)
References
Dytiscidae
Taxa described in 1945
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