Oreodytes sanmarkii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Oreodytes |
Species: | O. sanmarkii
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Binomial name | |
Oreodytes sanmarkii (C. R. Sahlberg, 1826)
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Oreodytes sanmarkii is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It has a holarctic distribution, found in aquatic habitats in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.[2] It has an affinity toward low-velocity currents and pebbly microhabitat substrates.[4][5] It was described by Finnish entomologist Carl Reinhold Sahlberg in 1826.
There are two named subspecies of Oreodytes:[2]