Liocanthydrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Noteridae
Subfamilia: Noterinae
Tribus: Noterini
Genus: Liocanthydrus
Species (9): L. angustus – L. armulatus – L. bicolor – L. clayae – L. mecespilus – L. nanops – L. octoguttatus – L. uniformis – L. zanclus

Name

Liocanthydrus Guignot, 1957: 42

Type species: Canthydrus angustus Guignot, 1957, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Siolius Balfour-Browne, 1969: 5 [syn.: Baca et al., 2014]
  • Type species: Siolius bicolor Balfour-Browne, 1969, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Guignot, F., 1957: Dytiscides et gyrinides de l’Île de la Réunion. Mémoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (E) 8: 97–101. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Baca, S.M., Gustafson, G.T., Toledo, M. & Miller, K.B. 2014. Revision of the Neotropical burrowing water beetle genus Liocanthydrus Guignot (Coleoptera: Noteridae: Noterinae: Noterini) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3793(2): 231–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.3 Reference page. 
• Balfour-Browne, J. 1969. A new genus of Noteridae (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Noterini). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 38(1–2): 5–6. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1969.tb00215.x . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guimarães, B.A.C. & Ferreira-Jr, N. 2015. Two new species and new records of Liocanthydrus Guignot (Coleoptera, Noteridae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3914(5): 591–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.8. Reference page. 
• Urcola, J.I., Toledo, M.E., Baca, S.M. & Michat, M.C. 2025. The genus Liocanthydrus Guignot, 1957 (Coleoptera, Noteridae) in Argentina: new records and larval morphology. ZooKeys 1231: 371–384. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.144746 Reference page.