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Cybister
Giant Diving Beetles
Cybister is a genus of large predaceous diving beetles (Dytiscidae) distributed across all continents except Antarctica. Adults range up to 43 mm in length, with some species among the largest diving beetles. The genus comprises approximately 98 species organized into four subgenera. Both adults and larvae are aquatic predators, with larvae of some species known to prey on vertebrates including tadpoles and small fish.
Phloeodes plicatus
Wrinkled Ironclad Beetle
Phloeodes plicatus, commonly known as the Wrinkled Ironclad Beetle, is a flightless beetle in the family Zopheridae. It is closely related to Phloeodes diabolicus, the diabolical ironclad beetle, and shares the remarkable structural durability characteristic of this genus. The species has been reclassified under the genus Nosoderma in some taxonomic treatments.