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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Alberta (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
539
5986
17101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
536
5979
17095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5857
16788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
362
5005
14908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
92
1349
4153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
6
162
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
36
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
35
221
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alberta
35 Genera with 221 Species
#ABCDEGHILNORSU
Acilius Leach, 1758Small Flat Diving Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Agabetes Crotch, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 192242SpeciesTaxom
Bidessonotus Régimbart, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Boreonectes Angus, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Celina Aubé, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Coelambus Stephens, 188017SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 18298SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Coptotomus Say, 19804SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Desmopachria Babington, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscus Linnaeus, 184410SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Graphoderus Dejean, 18824SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocolus Roughley & L..., 18683SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 194132SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 194420SpeciesTaxom
Ilybiosoma Crotch, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 182416SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Laccornis Gozis, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Neoclypeodytes Young, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Neoporus Guignot, 1855Water tigers4SpeciesTaxom
Neoscutopterus Balfour-Browne, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Oreodytes Seidlitz, 193313SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 19539SpeciesTaxom
Sanfilippodytes Franciscolo, 19535SpeciesTaxom
Stictotarsus Zimmermann, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alberta
221 Species and 7 Subspecies
Acilius (Acilius) abbreviatus Aubé, 1838
Acilius (Acilius) athabascae Larson, 1975
Acilius (Acilius) semisulcatus Aubé, 1838
Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Agabetes acuductus Harris, 1828
Agabus (Acatodes) ajax Fall, 1922Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) anthracinus Mannerheim, 1852
Agabus (Acatodes) approximatus Fall, 1922Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) arcticus Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Acatodes) audeni Wallis, 1933Green antelopehorn
Agabus (Acatodes) bicolor Kirby, 1837
Agabus (Acatodes) canadensis Fall, 1922Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) confinis Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Acatodes) congener Thunberg, 1794
Agabus (Acatodes) discolor (Harris, 1828)⇒ Agabus lutosus LeConte, 1853
Agabus (Acatodes) elongatus Gyllenhal, 1826
Agabus (Acatodes) fuscipennis Paykull, 1798Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) griseipennis LeConte, 1859
Agabus (Acatodes) infuscatus Aubé, 1838
Agabus (Acatodes) inscriptus Crotch, 1873
Agabus (Acatodes) kootenai Larson, 1991
Agabus (Acatodes) lutosus LeConte, 1853
Agabus (Acatodes) mackenziensis Larson, 1991
Agabus (Acatodes) obliteratus LeConte, 1859
Agabus obliteratus nectris Leech, 1942
Agabus (Acatodes) obsoletus LeConte, 1858
Agabus (Acatodes) phaeopterus Kirby, 1837
Agabus (Acatodes) smithi Brown, 1930
Agabus (Acatodes) thomsoni J.Sahlberg, 1871
Agabus (Agabus) amnicola J.Sahlberg, 1880
Agabus (Agabus) antennatus Leech, 1939
Agabus (Agabus) bifarius Kirby, 1837
Agabus (Agabus) crassipes Fall, 1922
Agabus (Agabus) falli Zimmermann, 1934
Agabus (Agabus) margaretae (Larson, 1975)⇒ Agabus margareti Larson, 1975
Agabus (Agabus) margareti Larson, 1975
Agabus (Agabus) pisobius Leech, 1949
Agabus (Agabus) punctatus F.E.Melsheimer, 1844
Agabus (Agabus) punctulatus Aubé, 1838
Agabus (Gaurodytes) ambiguus Say, 1823
Agabus (Gaurodytes) austinii Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Agabus (Gaurodytes) leptapsis LeConte, 1878
Agabus (Gaurodytes) semipunctatus (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Agabus falli Zimmermann, 1934
Agabus (Gaurodytes) strigulosus Crotch, 1873
Agabus (Gaurodytes) tristis Aubé, 1838
Agabus triton (Fall, 1922)⇒ Agabus amnicola J.Sahlberg, 1880
Bidessonotus inconspicuus LeConte, 1855
Boreonectes aequinoctialis H.Clark, 1862
Boreonectes griseostriatus De Geer, 1774
Boreonectes spenceri Leech, 1945
Celina hubbelli Young, 1979
Coelambus bruesi Fall, 1928
Coelambus compar (Fall, 1919)⇒ Hygrotus compar Fall, 1919
Coelambus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Hygrotus impressopunctus Schaller, 1783
Coelambus infuscatus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Hygrotus infuscatus Sharp, 1882
Coelambus laccophilinus (LeConte, 1878)⇒ Hygrotus laccophilinus LeConte, 1878
Coelambus marklini Gyllenhal, 1813Marklin´s Diving Beetle
Coelambus masculinus Crotch, 1874
Coelambus patruelis Le Conte, 1855
Coelambus picatus (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Hygrotus picatus Kirby, 1837
Coelambus punctilineatus (Fall, 1919)⇒ Hygrotus punctilineatus Fall, 1919
Coelambus salinarius (Wallis, 1924)⇒ Hygrotus salinarius Wallis, 1924
Coelambus sellatus Le Conte, 1866
Coelambus semivittatus (Fall, 1919)⇒ Hygrotus semivittatus Fall, 1919
Coelambus suturalis LeConte, 1850
Coelambus tumidiventris (Fall, 1919)⇒ Hygrotus tumidiventris Fall, 1919
Coelambus turbidus (Le Conte, 1855)⇒ Hygrotus turbidus LeConte, 1855
Coelambus unguicularis (J. Sahlb., 1880)⇒ Coelambus polonicus Aubé, 1842
Colymbetes dahuricus Aubé, 1837
Colymbetes densus LeConte, 1859Scratchbush
Colymbetes densus densus LeConte, 1859
Colymbetes dolabratus Paykull, 1798
Colymbetes exaratus LeConte, 1862
Colymbetes incognitus (Zimmerman, 1981)⇒ Colymbetes exaratus LeConte, 1862
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson, 1837
Colymbetes sculptilis Harris, 1829
Copelatus chevrolati Aubé, 1838Chain fern
Coptotomus interrogatus Fabricius, 1801
Coptotomus longulus LeConte, 1852
Coptotomus longulus longulus LeConte, 1852
Coptotomus loticus Hilsenhoff, 1980
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Desmopachria convexa Aubé, 1838
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) circumcinctus Ahrens, 1811
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) dauricus Gebler, 1832
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) dimidiatus Bergsträsser, 1778
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acilius sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus alaskanus J.Balfour-Br..., 1944Boreal Water Beetle
Dytiscus cordieri Aubé, 1838
Dytiscus fasciventris Say, 1824Understriped Diving Beetle
Dytiscus harrisii Kirby, 1837Harris'S Diving Beetle
Dytiscus hybridus Aubé, 1838
Dytiscus marginicollis LeConte, 1844Giant Green Water Beetle
Exocelina glypta Guignot, 1955
Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Graphoderus liberus Say, 1825
Graphoderus occidentalis G. Horn, 1883Puget oregonian
Graphoderus perplexus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) aruspex Clark, 1864
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) piceus LeConte, 1863
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) wattsi Daussin, 1980
Hydrocolus paugus Fall, 1923
Hydrocolus rubyae (Larson, 1975)⇒ Hydrocolus rubyi Larson, 1975
Hydrocolus stagnalis Gemminger & ..., 1868Hydroporus Diving Beetle
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) erythrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) memnonius Nicolai, 1822
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) nigellus (Mannerheim, 1853)⇒ Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) pubescens Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) striola Gyllenhal, 1826
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) tristis (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Laccornellus lugubris Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus appalachius Sherman, 1913
Hydroporus badiellus Fall, 1923
Hydroporus carri Larson, 1975Carr´s Diving Beetle
Hydroporus columbianus Fall, 1923
Hydroporus dentellus Fall, 1917
Hydroporus despectus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydroporus fuscipennis Schaum, 1868
Hydroporus geniculatus Thomson, 1856
Hydroporus larsoni Nilsson, 1984
Hydroporus mannerheimi J.Balfour-Br..., 1944
Hydroporus melanocephalus (Gyllenhal, 1808)⇒ Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus notabilis LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus obscurus (Sturm, 1835)⇒ Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Hydroporus occidentalis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydroporus pervicinus Fall, 1923
Hydroporus puberulus (LeConte, 1850)⇒ Hydroporus glabriusculus Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus rectus Fall, 1923
Hydroporus rufinasus Mannerheim, 1852
Hydroporus signatus (Mannerheim, 1853)⇒ Hygrotus marklini Gyllenhal, 1813
Hydroporus signatus signatus Mannerheim, 1853
Hydroporus sinuatipes Fall, 1923
Hydroporus tademus Leech, 1949
Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus tenebrosus LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus transpunctatus Chandler, 1941
Hydrovatus hornii Crotch, 1873
Hydrovatus pustulatus F.E.Melsheimer, 1844
Hygrotus (Coelambus) compar Fall, 1919
Hygrotus (Coelambus) fraternus LeConte, 1852
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Coelambus) infuscatus Sharp, 1882
Hygrotus (Coelambus) marklini Gyllenhal, 1813
Hygrotus (Coelambus) masculinus Crotch, 1874
Hygrotus (Coelambus) nigrescens Fall, 1919
Hygrotus (Coelambus) patruelis LeConte, 1855
Hygrotus (Coelambus) picatus Kirby, 1837
Hygrotus (Coelambus) punctilineatus Fall, 1919
Hygrotus (Coelambus) salinarius Wallis, 1924
Hygrotus (Coelambus) sellatus LeConte, 1866
Hygrotus (Coelambus) semivittatus Fall, 1919Water Beetle
Hygrotus (Coelambus) suturalis LeConte, 1850
Hygrotus (Coelambus) tumidiventris Fall, 1919
Hygrotus (Coelambus) turbidus LeConte, 1855
Hygrotus (Coelambus) unguicularis Crotch, 1874
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) farctus LeConte, 1855
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) inaequalis Fabricius, 1777
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) sayi J.Balfour-Br..., 1944
Ilybiosoma bjorkmanae Hatch, 1939
Ilybiosoma lugens LeConte, 1852
Ilybiosoma seriatum Say, 1823
Ilybius (Ilybius) aenescens Thomson, 1870Longbeak stork's bill
Ilybius (Ilybius) ater De Geer, 1774
Ilybius (Ilybius) fuliginosus Fabricius, 1792Mud Dweller
Ilybius (Ilybius) subaeneus Erichson, 1837
Ilybius angustior (Gyllenhal, 1808)⇒ Ilybius aenescens Thomson, 1870
Ilybius biguttulus Germar, 1824
Ilybius discedens Sharp, 1882Diving Beetle
Ilybius erichsoni Gemminger & ..., 1868
Ilybius fraterculus LeConte, 1862
Ilybius hypomelas Mannerheim, 1843
Ilybius opacus Aubé, 1837
Ilybius picipes Kirby, 1837
Ilybius pleuriticus LeConte, 1850Diving Beetle
Ilybius quadrimaculatus Aubé, 1838
Ilybius verisimilis Brown, 1932
Ilybius wasastjernae C.R.Sahlberg, 1824
Laccophilus biguttatus Kirby, 1837
Laccophilus maculosus Say, 1823Dingy Diver
Laccophilus maculosus decipiens LeConte, 1852
Laccornis conoideus LeConte, 1850
Laccornis pacificus Leech, 1940
Liodessus affinis Say, 1823
Liodessus cantralli Young, 1953Cantrall´s Bog-beetle
Liodessus obscurellus LeConte, 1852
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) depressus Fabricius, 1775
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) elegans Panzer, 1794
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) macronychus Shirt & Angus, 1992
Neoclypeodytes cinctellus LeConte, 1852
Neoporus dimidiatus Gemminger & ..., 1868
Neoporus superioris J.Balfour-Br..., 1944
Neoporus undulatus Say, 1823
Neoporus vittatus LeConte, 1855
Neoscutopterus angustus LeConte, 1850
Neoscutopterus hornii Crotch, 1873Diving Beetle
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) alaskanus Fall, 1926
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) congruus LeConte, 1878
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) crassulus Fall, 1923
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) laevis Kirby, 1837
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) obesus LeConte, 1866
Oreodytes obesus cordillerensis Larson, 1990
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) productotruncatus Hatch, 1944
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) quadrimaculatus G. Horn, 1883
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) sanmarkii Sahlberg, 1826
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) scitulus LeConte, 1855
Oreodytes scitulus scitulus LeConte, 1855
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) septentrionalis Gyllenhal, 1826
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) snoqualmie Hatch, 1933
Rhantus (Nartus) sinuatus LeConte, 1862
Rhantus (Rhantus) binotatus (Harris, 1828)⇒ Rhantus gutticollis Say, 1830
Rhantus (Rhantus) bistriatus (Bergsträsser, 1778)⇒ Rhantus suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus (Rhantus) consimilis Motschulsky, 1859
Rhantus (Rhantus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) gutticollis Say, 1830Predaceous diving beetle
Rhantus (Rhantus) sericans (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus (Rhantus) wallisi Hatch, 1953
Sanfilippodytes bertae Roughley & L..., 2000Bert´s Predaceous Diving Beetle
Sanfilippodytes compertus Brown, 1932
Sanfilippodytes edwardsi Wallis, 1933
Sanfilippodytes planiusculus Fall, 1923
Sanfilippodytes pseudovilis Young, 1953
Stictotarsus aequinoctialis (Clark, 1862)⇒ Boreonectes aequinoctialis H.Clark, 1862
Stictotarsus griseostriatus (De Geer, 1774)⇒ Boreonectes griseostriatus De Geer, 1774
Stictotarsus spenceri (Leech, 1945)⇒ Boreonectes spenceri Leech, 1945
Stictotarsus striatellus (LeConte, 1852)⇒ Boreonectes striatellus LeConte, 1852
Uvarus omalus Guignot, 1956

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Alberta
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
3
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoptotominae
Branden, 1885
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
4
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
20
114
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


Links, sources and further information
Dytiscidae at artfakta.se
Dytiscidae at dyntaxa.se
Dytiscidae at gbif.org
Dytiscidae at irmng.org
Dytiscidae at itis.gov
Dytiscidae at marinespecies.org