Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a diving beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesColymbetes fuscus (a diving beetle)
SubfamilyCOLYMBETINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyDYTISCIDAE (diving beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Colymbetes fuscus (a diving beetle) :
1: Colymbetes fuscus (a diving beetle)
31 Aug 2010 OSGR: SJ41 52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - white background
2: Colymbetes fuscus (a diving beetle)
13 Apr 1975 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, on brick wall at side of brackish drainage ditch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - dorso-lateral view - highly magnified

Colymbetes fuscus (a diving beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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