Genus of beetles
Aspidytes is a genus of aquatic beetles in the family Aspidytidae , first recorded in 2002 from specimens in South Africa .[ 1] The genus contains the single species Aspidytes niobe .[ 2] [ 3] Originally a second species from China was placed in the same genus but has later been transferred to Sinaspidytes .[ 4] The aquatic beetle is 6.5 - 7.2 mm long and lives in hygropetric habitats.[ 5]
^ Ribera, I.; Beutel, R. G.; Balke, M.; Vogler, A. P. (2002-11-22). "Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera" . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences . 269 (1507): 2351–2356. doi :10.1098/rspb.2002.2157 . ISSN 0962-8452 . PMC 1691161 . PMID 12495503 .
^ Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Morinière, Jérôme; Jia, Fenglong; Xu, Shengquan; Michat, Mariano C.; Zhou, Xin; Bilton, David T.; Ribera, Ignacio; Hájek, Jiří; Balke, Michael (2015-09-17). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 176 (3): 537–546. doi :10.1111/zoj.12332 . hdl :11336/60381 . ISSN 0024-4082 .
^ Baca, Stephen M.; Gustafson, Grey T.; Alexander, Alana M.; Gough, Harlan M.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A. (2021-07-26). "Integrative phylogenomics reveals a Permian origin of Adephaga beetles" . Systematic Entomology . 46 (4): 968–990. Bibcode :2021SysEn..46..968B . doi :10.1111/syen.12506 . ISSN 0307-6970 . S2CID 237486703 .
^ Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Morinière, Jérôme; Jia, Fenglong; Xu, Shengquan; Michat, Mariano C.; Zhou, Xin; Bilton, David T.; Ribera, Ignacio; Hájek, Jiří; Balke, Michael (2015-09-17). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 176 (3): 537–546. doi :10.1111/zoj.12332 . hdl :11336/60381 . ISSN 0024-4082 .
^ Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Ribera, I. (2016) 7.7. Aspidytidae Ribera,Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002. In: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.): Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta. Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. pp. 141-149.