Carabdytes alutaceus is an endangered species of beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Colymbetinae |
| Tribe: | Colymbetini |
| Genus: | Carabdytes |
| Species: | C. alutaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Carabdytes alutaceus (Fauvel, 1883)
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This species was formerly a member of the genus Rhantus.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ Foster, G. (1996). "Rhantus alutaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19459A8894564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19459A8894564.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Balke, Michael; Hájek, Jiří; Hendrich, Lars (2017). "Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)". Zootaxa. 4258 (1): 91–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7. PMID 28609937.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2018). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2018 (PDF).
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