Great diving beetle

Scientific name: Dytiscus marginalis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0580

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When the great diving beetle is seized, it ejects a foul-smelling fluid from the anus, and its main defensive toxins are benzoic acid and its derivatives.

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1ADW: Dytiscus marginalis: InformationSRC-DSC-D9CCAC973C

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1ADW: Dytiscus marginalis: InformationSRC-DSC-D9CCAC973C
2Wake-based unsteady modeling of the aquatic beetle Dytiscus marginalisSRC-DSC-207384922B
3Studies of the nurse cells and follicular epithelial cells during oogenesis in the diving beetle Dytiscus marginalisSRC-DSC-1581054883

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T085049347 · last approved 8 November 2026

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