This three-volume series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a
relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique lineages found …

A comprehensive higher‐level phylogeny of diving beetles (D ytiscidae) based on larval
characters is presented. Larval morphology and chaetotaxy of a broad range of genera and …

Abstract Although the Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) are among the most common insect
inhabitants of freshwaters, knowledge of their larval morphology is scanty throughout the …

The phylogenetics and higher (family-group) classification of extant members of the beetle
family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), or predaceous diving beetles, is reviewed and reassessed. A …

A supertree for Adephaga was reconstructed based on 43 independent source trees–
including cladograms based on Hennigian and numerical cladistic analyses of …

Meruidae, or comb-clawed cascade beetles, are a recently discovered monotypic family of
Adephaga endemic to Venezuela. The larvae of Meruidae are described for the first time …

An analysis of the primary setae and pores of first instars of 13 species of Dytiscinae was
performed to deduce the ancestral system of primary setae and pores of the head capsule …

The three larval instars of Suphis cimicoides Aubé, 1837 are described and illustrated,
including morphometric and chaetotaxic analyses of the cephalic capsule, head …

Although the morphology of dytiscids is generally distinct from other aquatic insects, there is
considerable variation within this highly diverse family. In the first part of this chapter I …

Although the Dytiscidae are among the most common insect inhabitants of freshwaters,
knowledge of their larval morphology is scant throughout the world. The identification of …