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Neoporus is a genus of beetle

Beetle

Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...

in the family Dytiscidae

Dytiscidae

Dytiscidae – based on the Greek dytikos , "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They are about 25 mm long on average, though there is much variation between species. Dytiscus latissimus, the largest, can grow up to 45 mm long...

. These are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. Their larvae are commonly known as water tigers. Neoporus is one of over 160 genera in family Dytiscidae.

Species

N. arizonicus Fall, 1917
N. asidytus Young, 1984
N. aulicus Aubé, 1838
N. baelus Young, 1984
N. blanchardi Sherman, 1913
N. carolinus Fall, 1917
N. cimicoides Sharp, 1882
N. clypealis Sharp, 1882
N. dilatatus Fall, 1917
N. dimidiatus Gemminger and Harold, 1868
N. dixianus Fall, 1917
N. effeminatus Fall, 1923
N. floridanus Young, 1940
N. gaudens Fall, 1923
N. hebes Fall, 1923
N. helocrinus Young, 1967
N. hybridus Aubé, 1838
N. latocavus Wolfe, 1984
N. lecontei Nilsson, 2001
N. lobatus Sharp, 1882

N. lynceus Sharp, 1882
N. mellitus LeConte, 1855
N. pratus Wolfe, 1984
N. psammodytes Young, 1978
N. rheocrinus Young, 1967
N. semiflavus Fall, 1917
N. shermani Fall, 1917
N. spurius LeConte, 1855
N. striatopunctatus F. E. Melsheimer, 1844
N. sulcipennis Fall, 1917
N. superioris J. Balfour-Browne, 1944
N. tennetum Wolfe, 1984
N. tigrinus Fall, 1917
N. undulatus Say, 1823
N. uniformis Blatchley, 1925
N. venustus LeConte, 1855
N. vitiosus LeConte, 1855
N. vittatipennis Gemminger and Harold, 1868
N. vittatus LeConte, 1855

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