Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Alternative combination: Dytiscus fuscus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Colymbetes according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Coope et al. 1961, Linnaeus 1758 and Linnaeus 1767

Sister taxa: Colymbetes aemulus, Colymbetes miocaenicus, Colymbetes paykulli, Cymatopterus dolabratus, Cymatopterus striatus

Distribution: found only at Upton Warren, Band 3 (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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