Megadytes (Bifurcitus), Brinck, 1945

Hendrich, Lars, Manuel, Michael & Balke, Michael, 2019, The return of the Duke - locality data for Megadytes ducalis Sharp, 1882, the world's largest diving beetle, with notes on related species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Zootaxa 4586 (3), pp. 517-535 : 518

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943240
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scientific name	Megadytes (Bifurcitus)
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Subgenus Bifurcitus Brinck, 1945 View in CoL

Type species of Megadytes : Dytiscus latus Fabricius, 1801 ; of Bifurcitus : Cybister giganteus Laporte, 1835 .

Diagnosis of subgenus Bifurcitus : Posterior metatibial spur (the narrower one) apically bifid.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dytiscidae
Genus	Megadytes

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