Dytiscus Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of diving beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Dytiscus marginalis
Great Diving Beetle
(Click to open)
 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Dytiscus (unidentified)
Unidentified Dytiscus Diving Beetles
Larva (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDytiscus (a genus of diving beetles)
SubfamilyDYTISCINAE (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)

Dytiscus (a genus of diving beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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