Liadytiscinae
Subfamily of beetles
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Liadytiscinae is a subfamily of extinct predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 5 genera and 10 described species in Liadytiscinae.[1][2][3][4] All currently known members of the subfamily are known from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | †Liadytiscinae Prokin & Ren, 2010 |
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Genera
These five genera belong to the subfamily Liadytiscinae:
- † Liadroporus Prokin & Ren, 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Liadytiscus Prokin & Ren, 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Mesoderus Prokin & Ren, 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Liadyxianus Prokin, Petrov, B. Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Mesodytes Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
