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Eretes
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Eretes

Eretes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa and the Asian region.

A 2002 revision of the genus established four species. Species of this genus are variable in size and color, and individuals of a given species can be varied in appearance as well, so the morphology of the male genitalia is used to delimit species.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eretes griseus

speciesEretes griseus

Padded Diving Beetle

speciesEretes australis

Eretes sticticus

speciesEretes sticticus

Eretes explicitus

speciesEretes explicitus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 329571.