Tassilodytes, Fery & Bouzid, 2016

Fery, Hans & Bouzid, Slimane, 2016, Notes on Graptodytes SEIDLITZ, 1887, re-instatement of G. laeticulus (SHARP, 1882) as valid species and description of Tassilodytes nov. gen. from Algeria (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Siettitiina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 451-481 : 467

Tassilodytes nov. gen.

T y p e s p e c i e s: Hydroporus parisii GRIDELLI, 1939 , by monotypy.

Already GUIGNOT (1959: 408) called Graptodytes parisii an "énigmatique" species and wrote that it is difficult to assign to it any unquestionable systematic position. Although only a single female of GRIDELLI' s species is known, we come to the same conclusion and are even unable to assign to it any of the known subtribes. The species belongs, however, no doubt to the tribe Hydroporini of the subfamily Hydroporinae . These difficulties make it necessary to give an exhaustive description and to illustrate as many characters as possible.