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Meridiorhantus orbignyi

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Species of beetle

Meridiorhantus orbignyi
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Colymbetinae
Tribe: Colymbetini
Genus: Meridiorhantus
Species: M. orbignyi
Binomial name
Meridiorhantus orbignyi
(Balke, 1992)

Meridiorhantus orbignyi is an extinct species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. This species was formerly a member of the genus Rhantus.

References

  1. Balke, Michael; Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars (2017). "Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)". Zootaxa. 4258 (1): 91–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7. PMID 28609937.
  2. Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).
Taxon identifiers
Rhantus orbignyi


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