{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = CSIRO ScienceImage 2080 The Whirligig Beetle.jpg | image_caption = ''Dineutus australis'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Dineutus | authority = Macleay, 1825 | synonyms = *''Necticus'' <small>Laporte, 1835</small> *''Dineutes'' <small>Régimbart, 1882</small> *''Dineutes'' <small>Cuvier, 1832</small> [Aponym] *''Dyneutes'' <small>Laporte, 1835</small> [Aponym] }} thumb|right|''Dineutus emarginatus'' female (top) and male (bottom) thumb|right|''Dineutus'' sp. larva [[Image:Dineutus mellyi okinawaoomizusumasi01.jpg|thumb|right|''Dineutus mellyi'']]

'''''Dineutus''''' is a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae, the whirligig beetles. They are 9 to 15 millimeters long. Their elytra are smooth, shallowly lined, or grooved.<ref>[http://www.waterbugkey.vcsu.edu/php/genusdetail.php?idnum=1&g=Dineutus&ls=adult&f=Gyrinidae Genus ''Dineutus''.] Digital Key to Aquatic Insects of North Dakota. Valley City State University.</ref>

Species include:<ref>[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Gyrinidae.txt Gyrinidae Species List] at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.</ref>

{{Div col}} * ''Dineutus abyssinicus'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus aegyptiacus'' <small>(Dejean, 1836)</small> * ''Dineutus aereus'' <small>(Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834)</small> * ''Dineutus amazonicus'' <small>Hatch, 1930</small> * ''Dineutus americanus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> * ''Dineutus analis'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus angustus'' <small>LeConte, 1878</small> * ''Dineutus arabicus'' <small>Régimbart, 1907</small> * ''Dineutus archboldianus'' <small>Ochs, 1955</small> * ''Dineutus assimilis'' <small>Kirby, 1837</small> * ''Dineutus australis'' <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> * ''Dineutus bechynei'' <small>Ochs, 1958</small> * ''Dineutus brevis'' <small>(Sturm, 1843)</small> * ''Dineutus buergersi'' <small>Ochs, 1955</small> * ''Dineutus bufo'' <small>Brinck, 1976</small> * ''Dineutus carolinus'' <small>LeConte, 1868</small> * ''Dineutus cephalotes'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus chalybaeus'' <small>Zimmermann, 1924</small> * ''Dineutus choiseulicola'' <small>Brinck, 1976</small> * ''Dineutus ciliatus'' <small>Forsberg, 1821</small> * ''Dineutus comma'' <small>(Thunberg, 1781)</small> * ''Dineutus congolensis'' <small>Ochs, 1937</small> * ''Dineutus cribratus'' <small>Régimbart, 1886</small> * ''Dineutus cristobalensis'' <small>Brinck, 1976</small> * ''Dineutus discolor'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus dispar'' <small>Ochs, 1954</small> * ''Dineutus dispersus'' <small>Brinck, 1976</small> * ''Dineutus dunkeri'' <small>Zimmermann, 1920</small> * ''Dineutus eccentricus'' <small>Mouchamps, 1956</small> * ''Dineutus emarginatus'' <small>(Say, 1823)</small> * ''Dineutus fairmairei'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus fauveli'' <small>Régimbart, 1884</small> * ''Dineutus freyi'' <small>Ochs, 1954</small> * ''Dineutus gondaricus'' <small>Reiche, 1847</small> * ''Dineutus gouldi'' <small>Hope, 1842</small> * ''Dineutus grandis'' <small>(Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834)</small> * ''Dineutus grossus'' <small>(Modeer, 1776)</small> * ''Dineutus helleri'' <small>Ochs, 1925</small> * ''Dineutus heterandrus'' <small>Ochs, 1937</small> * ''Dineutus heurni'' <small>Zimmermann, 1924</small> * ''Dineutus hornii'' <small>Roberts, 1895</small> * ''Dineutus impiger'' <small>Guignot, 1947</small> * ''Dineutus indicans'' <small>Walker, 1858</small> * ''Dineutus indicus'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus indus'' <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small> * ''Dineutus insignis'' <small>Heer, 1862</small> * ''Dineutus iridescens'' <small>Kirsch, 1865</small> * ''Dineutus jikeli'' <small>Schaufuss, 1890</small> * ''Dineutus kuntzeni'' <small>Ochs, 1924</small> * ''Dineutus lateristriatus'' <small>(Sturm, 1843)</small> * ''Dineutus lethicus'' <small>Guignot, 1957</small> * ''Dineutus longimanus'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small> * ''Dineutus longiventris'' <small>Heer, 1862</small> * ''Dineutus loriae'' <small>Régimbart, 1899</small> * ''Dineutus macrochirus'' <small>Régimbart, 1899</small> * ''Dineutus major'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus mellyi'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus mesosternalis'' <small>Régimbart, 1907</small> * ''Dineutus metallicus'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus mexicanus'' <small>Ochs, 1925</small> * ''Dineutus micans'' <small>(Fabricius, 1792)</small> * ''Dineutus mucronatus'' <small>(Sturm, 1843)</small> * ''Dineutus neobritannicus'' <small>Ochs, 1925</small> * ''Dineutus neoguineensis'' <small>Régimbart, 1892</small> * ''Dineutus neohollandicus'' <small>Ochs, 1926</small> * ''Dineutus nigrior'' <small>Roberts, 1895</small> * ''Dineutus orientalis'' <small>(Modeer, 1776)</small> * ''Dineutus pagdeni'' <small>Ochs, 1937</small> * ''Dineutus pauliani'' <small>Guignot, 1942</small> * ''Dineutus pectoralis'' <small>Régimbart, 1882</small> * ''Dineutus picipes'' <small>Waterhouse, 1876</small> * ''Dineutus politus'' <small>Macleay, 1825</small> * ''Dineutus productus'' <small>Roberts, 1895</small> * ''Dineutus proximus'' <small>(Dejean, 1836)</small> * ''Dineutus proximus'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus punctatus'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus punctulatus'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus regimbarti'' <small>Régimbart, 1882</small> * ''Dineutus ritsemae'' <small>Régimbart, 1882</small> * ''Dineutus robertsi'' <small>Leng, 1911</small> * ''Dineutus rossi'' <small>Ochs, 1933</small> * ''Dineutus rufipes'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus serrulatus'' <small>LeConte, 1868</small> * ''Dineutus sharpi'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus shorti'' <small>Gustafson and Sites, 2016</small><ref>{{cite journal |first1=Grey T. |last1=Gustafson |first2=Robert W. |last2=Sites |title=A North American biodiversity hotspot gets richer: a new species of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) from the southeastern coastal plain of the United States |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |volume=109 |issue=1 |year=2016 |pages=42–48 |doi=10.1093/aesa/sav100|url=https://zenodo.org/record/852459}}</ref> * ''Dineutus simmondsi'' <small>Ochs, 1927</small> * ''Dineutus sinensis'' <small>Feng, 1935</small> * ''Dineutus sinuaticollis'' <small>Zimmermann, 1924</small> * ''Dineutus sinuosipennis'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1840</small> * ''Dineutus solitarius'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus spinosus'' <small>Fabricius, 1781</small> * ''Dineutus staudingeri'' <small>Ochs, 1924</small> * ''Dineutus striatus'' <small>Zimmermann, 1916</small> * ''Dineutus sublineatus'' <small>(Chevrolat, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus subspinosus'' <small>(Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834)</small> * ''Dineutus sumbaensis'' <small>(Ochs, 1953)</small> * ''Dineutus tetracanthus'' <small>Régimbart, 1917</small> * ''Dineutus truncatus'' <small>Sharp, 1873</small> * ''Dineutus unicolor'' <small>Ochs, 1960</small> * ''Dineutus unidentatus'' <small>Aubé, 1838</small> * ''Dineutus varians'' <small>(Dejean, 1833)</small> * ''Dineutus violaceus'' <small>Ochs, 1955</small> * ''Dineutus virescens'' <small>Ochs, 1955</small> * ''Dineutus wehnckei'' <small>Régimbart, 1883</small> * ''Dineutus wittei'' <small>Ochs, 1933</small> {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=112711 ''Dineutus'' at ITIS] *{{Commons-inline}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}}

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