Bifurcitus
| Bifurcitus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Tribe: | Cybistrini |
| Genus: | Brinck, 1945 |
Bifurcitus is a genus of beetles in the dytiscid subfamily Cybistrinae that occur in the Neotropics. The genus contains three species, two extant and one presumed extinct; they were previously classified in the genus Megadytes.[1]
- †Bifurcitus ducalis (Sharp, 1882)
- Bifurcitus lherminieri (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
- Bifurcitus magnus (Trémouilles & Bachmann, 1980)
References
- ^ Miller, Kelly B.; Michat, Mariano C.; Ferreira, Nelson (2024). "Reclassification of Cybistrinae Sharp, 1880 in the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae), with description of new taxa". ZooKeys (1188): 126–168. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1188.110081. PMC 10790577.