Oreodytes sanmarkii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Oreodytes |
| Species: | O. sanmarkii
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| Oreodytes sanmarkii (C. R. Sahlberg, 1826)
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Oreodytes sanmarkii is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It has a holarctic distribution, found in aquatic habitats in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.[2] It has an affinity toward low-velocity currents and pebbly microhabitat substrates.[4][5] It was described by Finnish entomologist Carl Reinhold Sahlberg in 1826.
Subspecies[edit]
There are two named subspecies of Oreodytes:[2]
- Oreodytes sanmarkii alienus (Sharp, 1873)
- Oreodytes sanmarkii sanmarkii (C. R. Sahlberg, 1826)
References[edit]
- ^ "Oreodytes sanmarkii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ a b c "Oreodytes sanmarkii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Oreodytes sanmarkii Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Eyre, M. D.; Pilkington, J. G.; Carr, R.; McBlane, R. P.; Rushton, S. P.; Foster, G. N. (July 1993). "The running-water beetles (Coleoptera) of a river catchment in northern England". Hydrobiologia. 264 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1007/BF00014662. S2CID 45877413.
- ^ Lancaster, J.; Mole, A. (16 September 1999). "Interactive effects of near-bed flow and substratum texture on the microdistribution of lotic macroinvertebrates". Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 146 (1): 83–100. doi:10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/146/1999/83.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-62-5.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Larson, D.J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R.E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". NRC 43253.
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