Taxonavigation edit

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: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Genus: Kuschelydrus
Species (1): K. phreaticus

Name edit

Kuschelydrus Ordish, 1976

Type species: Kuschelydrus phreaticus Ordish, 1976, by original designation.

References edit

  • Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
  • Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
  • Ordish, R.G. 1976: Two new genera and species of subterranean water beetle from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 3(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1976.9517892 Google books
  • Ordish, R.G. 1985: A review of spermathecal structure in New Zealand dytiscids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 137(1): 128–131. Google books JSTOR
  • Smrž, J. 1981: Respiration - a new function of some hydroporine elytra (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca, 78: 209–215.
  • Smrž, J. 1983: Morphological adaptations of sensory organs and wings in subterranean water beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca, 80: 246–255.