Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: BALKE, MICHAEL, HÁJEK, JIŘÍ, HENDRICH, LARS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2017
• Subjects: Coleoptera; Dytiscidae; Colymbetinae; Rhantus; reclassification; new genera; new combinations; Pacific; Balfour; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4258.1.7; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7

A reclassification of several species traditionally included in Rhantus Dejean, 1833 is given: Nartus Zaitzev, 1907 is re-instated as genus with one species in the Nearctic and one in the Palaearctic region; two new genera are erected: Meri-diorhantus n. gen., with M. antarcticus (Germain, 1854) n....