Aspidytidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Aspidytidae
Genera: Aspidytes – Sinaspidytes

Name

Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002: 2354

Type genus: Aspidytes Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002

References

Primary references

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Vogler, A.P. 2002. Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 269: 2351–2356. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2157 . PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Alarie, Y. & Bilton, D.T. 2005. Larval morphology of Aspidytidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and its phylogenetic implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 417–430. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0417:LMOACA]2.0.CO;2 PDF
Balke, M., Ribera, I. & Beutel, R.G. 2005. The systematic position of Aspidytidae, the diversification of Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera, Adephaga) and the phylogenetic signal of third codon positions. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 43: 223–242. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00318.x
Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Ribera, I. 2010. 3.1. Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002. Pp. 21-28 in: Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G. & Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Michat, M.C., Alarie, Y., Jia, F., Xu, S., Hájek, J., Balke, M. 2014. Description of the second and third instars of Aspidytes wrasei Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003, with comments on the identification of larvae of Aspidytes Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002 (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae), and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 3881(4): 362–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.4 . Reference page.
Nilsson, A.N. & Vondel, B.J. van 2005. Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). World Catalogue of Insects 7. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 171 pp. ISBN 87-88757-49-8. DOI: 10.1163/9789004473393 . Google Books. Reference page.
Toussaint, E.F.A., Beutel, R.G., Morinière, J., Jia, F., Xu, S., Michat, M.C., Zhou, X., Bilton, D.T., Ribera, I., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3): 537–546. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12332 . Reference page.

Links

Aspidytidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
The Aspidytidae Page
ION
Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist [no record]
EoL

Vernacular names

English: Cliff water beetles
русский: Аспидитиды
中文: 壁甲科