Heterogyrus
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| Heterogyrus milloti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Gyrinidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterogyrinae |
| Genus: | Heterogyrus Legros, 1953 |
| Species: | H. milloti |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterogyrus milloti Legros, 1953 | |
Heterogyrus milloti is a species of beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Heterogyrus.[1] It is endemic to Madagascar.
Within Gyrinidae, the genus Spanglerogyrus is sister to all other taxa; Heterogyrus is, in turn, sister to all gyrinids except Spanglerogyrus, with an estimated divergence 200 million years ago.[2][3][4] It is suggested to be closely related to the fossil genera Mesogyrus, Cretotortor and Baissogyrus which constitute the subfamily Heterogyrinae.[2]
