Cybistrini
Tribe of beetles
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Cybistrini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are 12 genera and 130 described extant species in Cybistrini.[1][2][3][4][5] The same set is also called Cybistrinae by authors viewing it as a subfamily of Dytiscidae.[6][4]
| Cybistrini | |
|---|---|
| |
| Cybister fimbriolatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cybistrinae |
| Tribe: | Cybistrini Sharp, 1880 |
Genera
These twelve genera belong to the tribe Cybistrini:
- Austrodytes Watts, 1978
- Bifurcitus Brinck, 1945
- Cybister Curtis, 1827
- Nilssondytes Miller, Michat, & Ferreira Jr., 2024
- Megadytes Sharp, 1882
- Metaxydytes Miller, Michat, & Ferreira Jr., 2024
- Paramegadytes Trémouilles & Bachmann, 1980
- Onychohydrus Schaum & White, 1847
- Regimbartina Chatanay, 1911
- Spencerhydrus Sharp, 1882
- Sternhydrus Brinck, 1945
- Trifurcitus Brinck, 1945
Unknown genus
It is unknown which genus the following Neotropical species belong to:[5]
- ?? costalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- ?? obovatus (Kirby, 1826)
- "Megadytes species, IR57" (undescribed species, Ribera et al. 2008)
