Rhantus plantaris

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: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Rhantus
Species: Rhantus plantaris

Name

Rhantus plantaris Sharp, 1882

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 2: 179–1003. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Balke, M. 1993: Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 63: 39–84. [in German, with English abstract] Reference page.  [see p. 45, and Abb. 5, 29, 64]
• Balke, M.; Kovac, D.; Hendrich, L.; Flechtner, G. 2000: Rediscovery of the New Zealand diving beetle Rhantus plantaris Sharp, and notes on the south west Australian R. simulans Régimbart, with an identification key (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 27(3): 223–227. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518229 . Reference page. 
• Winterbourn, M.J.; Gregson, K.L.D.; Dolphin, C.H. 2006: Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Fourth edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, (14) ISBN 978-0-9597663-7-0 ISBN 0-9597663-7-5