Neoscutopterus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Neoscutopterus
Species (2): N. angustus – N. hornii
Name

Neoscutopterus Balfour-Browne, 1943

References

Balfour-Browne 1943: Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B), 12: 172.
Hilsenhoff, W.L. 1989: The larvae of Neoscutopterus J. Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with notes on larvae of other Colymbetini. Coleopterists bulletin, 43(2): 195–202. JSTOR

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Neoscutopterus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1]

Neoscutopterus angustus (LeConte, 1850)
Neoscutopterus hornii (Crotch, 1873)

References

Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.