Carabdytes alutaceus

Carabdytes alutaceus is an endangered species of beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Carabdytes alutaceus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Colymbetinae
Tribe:	Colymbetini
Genus:	Carabdytes
Species:	C. alutaceus
Binomial name
Carabdytes alutaceus (Fauvel, 1883)

This species was formerly a member of the genus Rhantus.^[2][3]