Spanglerogyrus

<i>Spanglerogyrus</i>

Spanglerogyrus

Genus of beetles

Spanglerogyrus albiventris is a species of beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Spanglerogyrus.[1] It is native to North America, and was described in 1979 from specimens found in southern Alabama.[2] It is the only living member of the subfamily Spanglerogyrinae, the earliest diverging extant lineage of the gyrinids which also includes Angarogyrus from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Asia.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    Liang, Zulong; Angus, Robert B.; Jia, Fenglong (2021-09-01). "Three new species of Patrus Aubé with additional records of Gyrinidae from China (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (767). doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1481. ISSN 2118-9773. S2CID 239718753.
  3. [3]
    Gustafson, Grey T.; Prokin, Alexander A.; Bukontaite, Rasa; Bergsten, Johannes; Miller, Kelly B. (2017-08-22). "Tip-dated phylogeny of whirligig beetles reveals ancient lineage surviving on Madagascar". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 8619. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.8619G. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08403-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5567340. PMID 28831048.


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