Chostonectes

Chostonectes gigas (Photo: Michael Balke)

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Tribus: Hydroporini
Genus: Chostonectes

Name

• Chostonectes Sharp, 1880 Wikispecies link
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus

Type species

• Hydroporus gigas Boheman, 1858

Species (6)

Chostonectes gigas, Chostonectes johnsonii, Chostonectes maai, Chostonectes nebulosus, Chostonectes sharpi, Chostonectes wattsi

References

• Balke, M. 1995: The Hydroporini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) of New Guinea: systematics, distribution and origin of the fauna. Invertebrate taxonomy, 9(5): 1009-1019. doi PDF
• Wewalka, G. 1994: A new species of Chostonectes from Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 46(3-4): 140-142. PDF

links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus