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Andogyrus

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Andogyrus
Macrogyrus depressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Genus: Macrogyrus
Subgenus: Andogyrus
Ochs, 1924
Type species
Enhydrus ellipticus
Brullé, 1836

Andogyrus is a subgenus of Macrogyrus, a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae. It was formerly considered a distinct genus, until a phylogenetic study in 2017 downgraded it in rank to a subgenus.[1] It contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gustafson, G.T.; Miller, K.B. (2017). "Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 118–150. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw014.
  2. ^ Brinck, P. (1977). "Evolution and taxonomy of Andogyrus Ochs (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 8 (4): 241–270. doi:10.1163/187631277X00369.
  3. ^ Fery, Hans; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on some species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 55–71. doi:10.37520/aemnp.2021.003. S2CID 233957204.