Laccophilinae is a subfamily of ground and water beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are at least 410 described species in Laccophilinae.
Genera
- Africophilus <small>Guignot, 1948</small>
- Agabetes <small>Crotch, 1873</small>
- Australphilus <small>Watts, 1978</small>
- Japanolaccophilus <small>Satô, 1972</small>
- Laccodytes <small>Régimbart, 1895</small>
- Laccophilus <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Laccoporus <small>J. Balfour-Browne, 1939</small>
- Laccosternus <small>Brancucci, 1983</small>
- Napodytes <small>Steiner, 1981</small>
- Neptosternus <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
- Philaccolilus <small>Guignot, 1937</small>
- Philaccolus <small>Guignot, 1937</small>
- Philodytes <small>J. Balfour-Browne, 1939</small>
References
- D.J. Larson, Y. Alarie, and R.E. Roughley. (2001). Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC 43253.
- Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779âÂÂ1006.
- Nilsson, Anders N. (2001). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), 395.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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