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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
2717
9943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
7
251
1251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
4
55
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
50
220
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
50 Genera with 220 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTUY
Acilius Leach, 1823Small Flat Diving Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 191532SpeciesTaxom
Anodocheilus Babington, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 17775SpeciesTaxom
Coelambus Stephens, 18126SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18825SpeciesTaxom
Coptotomus Say, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 17743SpeciesTaxom
Cymatopterus Boisduval & ..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18344SpeciesTaxom
Desmopachria Babington, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscus Linnaeus, 179513SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Graphoderus Dejean, 17955SpeciesTaxom
Graptodytes Seidlitz, 17875SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 183539SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 178315SpeciesTaxom
Hyphoporus Sharp, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 183716SpeciesTaxom
Laccomimus Toledo & Michat, 2015
0SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18168SpeciesTaxom
Laccornellus Roughley & W..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Laccornis Gozis, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Liopterus Dejean, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Megadytes Sharp, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Metaporus Guignot, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Nartus Zaitzev, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 18816SpeciesTaxom
Neoporus Guignot, 1868Water tigers1SpeciesTaxom
Oreodytes Seidlitz, 18264SpeciesTaxom
Pachydrus Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Platambus C.G. Thomson, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Porhydrus Guignot, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 182813SpeciesTaxom
Sanfilippodytes Franciscolo, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Scarodytes des Gozis, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Stictonectes Brinck, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Stictotarsus Zimmermann, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Suphrodytes Gozis, 18262SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18953SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
220 Species and 11 Subspecies
Acilius (Acilius) canaliculatus Nicolai, 1822
Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Acilius (Homoelytrus) mediatus Say, 1823
Agabus (Acatodes) arcticus Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Acatodes) congener Thunberg, 1794
Agabus (Acatodes) fuscipennis Paykull, 1798Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) infuscatus Aubé, 1838
Agabus (Acatodes) sturmii Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Agabus) disintegratus Crotch, 1873Disintegrated Diving Beetle
Agabus (Agabus) labiatus Brahm, 1790
Agabus (Agabus) serricornis Paykull, 1799
Agabus (Dichonectes) nitidus Fabricius, 1801
Agabus (Eriglenus) undulatus Schrank, 1776
Agabus (Gaurodytes) affinis Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttatus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttulus Thomson, 1867
Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Agabus (Gaurodytes) brunneus Fabricius, 1798Brown Diving Beetle
Agabus (Gaurodytes) conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus (Gaurodytes) didymus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) guttatus Paykull, 1798Largeflower evening primrose
Agabus guttatus guttatus baudii Seidlitz, 1887
Agabus (Gaurodytes) melanarius Aubé, 1837
Agabus (Gaurodytes) montanus Stephens, 1828
Agabus (Gaurodytes) nebulosus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Agabus conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus (Gaurodytes) neglectus (Erichson, 1837)⇒ Ilybius neglectus Erichson, 1837
Agabus (Gaurodytes) paludosus Fabricius, 1801
Agabus (Gaurodytes) striolatus Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Gaurodytes) uliginosus Linnaeus, 1761
Agabus (Gaurodytes) unguicularis Thomson, 1867
Agabus chalconatus Panzer, 1796
Agabus corticeus Lomnicki, 1894
Agabus gelidus (Fall, 1926)⇒ Agabus infuscatus Aubé, 1838
Agabus lithax Ríha, 1961
Agabus melanocornis (Zimmermann, 1915)⇒ Ilybius montanus Stephens, 1828
Anodocheilus elenauerae Young, 1974Sand-dune skyrocket
Anodocheilus germanus Sharp, 1882
Bidessus coxalis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Bidessus germanus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Anodocheilus germanus Sharp, 1882
Bidessus grossepunctatus Vorbringer, 1907
Bidessus minutissimus Germar, 1824Minutest Diving Beetle
Bidessus unistriatus Goeze, 1777One-grooved Diving Beetle
Coelambus confluens Fabricius, 1787
Coelambus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Hygrotus impressopunctus Schaller, 1783
Coelambus lautus Schaum, 1843
Coelambus nigrolineatus Steven, 1808
Coelambus novemlineatus Stephens, 1829
Coelambus parallelogrammus Ahrens, 1812
Colymbetes dolabratus Paykull, 1798
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson, 1837
Colymbetes striatus Linnaeus, 1758
Colymbetes strigatus LeConte, 1852Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus aruensis J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Copelatus glyphicus (Say, 1823)⇒ Copelatus vitraci Legros, 1948
Copelatus haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Copelatus aruensis J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Copelatus levicollis (Guignot, 1952)⇒ Copelatus polystrigus Sharp, 1882
Copelatus polystrigus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Coptotomus interrogatus Fabricius, 1801
Coptotomus longulus LeConte, 1852
Coptotomus venustus Say, 1823
Cybister (Scaphinectes) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774Grand Junction camissonia
Cybister lateralimarginalis lateralimarginalis DeGeer, 1774
Cybister (Trochalus) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774
Cymatopterus striatus C. Linnaeus, 1758
Deronectes latus Stephens, 1829
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Deronectes platynotus Lacordaire, 1835
Deronectes platynotus platynotus Germar, 1834
Dytiscus (Dytiscus) latissimus Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) circumcinctus Ahrens, 1811
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) circumflexus Fabricius, 1801
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) dimidiatus Bergsträsser, 1778
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1808
Dytiscus lapponicus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1808
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acilius sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus marginalis marginalis Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) semisulcatus O.F.Müller, 1776
Dytiscus hermanni (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hygrobia hermanni Fabricius, 1775
Dytiscus natator Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus perplexus (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Dytiscus circumflexus Fabricius, 1801
Dytiscus punctatus (Olivier, 1795)⇒ Hygrotus impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Exocelina glypta Guignot, 1955
Graphoderus austriacus Sturm, 1834
Graphoderus bilineatus De Geer, 1774Water Beetle
Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Graphoderus zonatus Hoppe, 1795Spangled Diving Beetle
Graphoderus zonatus zonatus Hoppe, 1795
Graptodytes bilineatus Sturm, 1835
Graptodytes flavipes Olivier, 1795
Graptodytes granularis Linnaeus, 1767
Graptodytes ignotus Mulsant & Rey, 1861
Graptodytes pictus Fabricius, 1787
Herophydrus (Herophydrus) guineensis Aubé, 1838
Herophydrus obscurus Sharp, 1882
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) seminiger De Geer, 1774
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) transversalis Pontoppidan, 1763
Hydaticus transversalis transversalis Pontoppidan, 1763
Hydaticus hybneri Fabricius, 1787
Hydroglyphus geminus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Hydroglyphus pusillus Fabricius, 1792
Hydroglyphus pusillus Fabricius, 1792
Hydroporus (Hydroporidius) melanarius Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) angustatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) discretus Fairmaire & ..., 1859
Hydroporus discretus discretus Fairmaire & ..., 1859
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) erythrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) ferrugineus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Herophydrus guineensis Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) incognitus Sharp, 1869
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) marginatus Duftschmid, 1805
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) memnonius Nicolai, 1822
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) nigellus (Mannerheim, 1853)⇒ Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) nigrita Fabricius, 1792
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) piceus (Stephens, 1828)⇒ Hydroporus fuscipennis Schaum, 1868
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) planus Fabricius, 1782
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) pubescens Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) rufifrons O.F.Müller, 1776Oxbow Diving Beetle
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) striola Gyllenhal, 1826
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819)⇒ Nebrioporus canariensis Bedel, 1881
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) tristis (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Laccornellus lugubris Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus (Sternoporus) longicornis Sharp, 1871
Hydroporus (Sternoporus) longulus Mulsant & Rey, 1861
Hydroporus bilineatus (Sturm, 1835)⇒ Graptodytes bilineatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus cruciatus (Schilsky, 1890)⇒ Graptodytes pictus Fabricius, 1787
Hydroporus dorsalis Fabricius, 1787
Hydroporus elongatulus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus figuratus Gyllenhal, 1826
Hydroporus fuscipennis Schaum, 1868
Hydroporus geniculatus Thomson, 1856
Hydroporus glabriusculus Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus gyllenhali Schioedte, 1841
Hydroporus gyllenhalii Schiödte, 1841
Hydroporus lituratus Fabricius, 1781
Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus neglectus (Schaum, 1845)⇒ Hydroporus marginatus Duftschmid, 1805
Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus obscurus (Sturm, 1835)⇒ Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Hydroporus scalesianus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Hydroporus umbrosus Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydroporus xanthopus (Stephens, 1835)⇒ Graptodytes flavipes Olivier, 1795
Hydrovatus (Vathydrus) cuspidatus Kunze, 1818
Hygrotus (Coelambus) confluens (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hygrotus versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Coelambus) enneagrammus Ahrens, 1833
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Coelambus) marklini Gyllenhal, 1813
Hygrotus (Coelambus) nigrolineatus Steven, 1808
Hygrotus (Coelambus) novemlineatus Stephens, 1829
Hygrotus (Coelambus) nubilus LeConte, 1855
Hygrotus (Coelambus) parallellogrammus Ahrens, 1812
Hygrotus (Coelambus) parallelogrammus Ahrens, 1912
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) decoratus Gyllenhal, 1810
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) inaequalis Fabricius, 1777
Hygrotus inaequalis inaequalis (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Hygrotus inaequalis Fabricius, 1777
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) quinquelineatus Zetterstedt, 1828
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus impressopunctus Schaller, 1783
Hyphoporus elegans Régimbart, 1888
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Ilybius (Ilybius) aenescens Thomson, 1870Longbeak stork's bill
Ilybius (Ilybius) ater De Geer, 1774
Ilybius (Ilybius) fenestratus Fabricius, 1781
Ilybius (Ilybius) fuliginosus Fabricius, 1792Mud Dweller
Ilybius fuliginosus fuliginosus Fabricius, 1792
Ilybius (Ilybius) guttiger Gyllenhal, 1808
Ilybius (Ilybius) subaeneus Erichson, 1837
Ilybius angustior (Gyllenhal, 1808)⇒ Ilybius aenescens Thomson, 1870
Ilybius chalconatus Panzer, 1796
Ilybius crassus Thomson, 1856
Ilybius erichsoni Gemminger & ..., 1868
Ilybius montanus Stephens, 1828
Ilybius neglectus Erichson, 1837
Ilybius opacus Aubé, 1837
Ilybius quadriguttatus Lacordaire, 1835
Ilybius subtilis Erichson, 1837
Laccophilus corystes Zhang, 1989
Laccophilus hyalinus De Geer, 1774
Laccophilus minutus Linnaeus, 1758Diving beetle
Laccophilus obesus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834Sussex Diving Beetle
Laccophilus ponticus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834
Laccophilus proximus Say, 1823
Laccophilus variegatus (GERMAR & KAU..., 1816)⇒ Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834
Laccornellus lugubris Aubé, 1838
Laccornis oblongus Stephens, 1835
Limbodessus inornatus Sharp, 1882
Liodessus miersii White, 1847
Liopterus haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1787
Megadytes costalis Fabricius, 1775
Metaporus meridionalis Aubé, 1838
Nartus grapii Gyllenhal, 1808
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) carinatus Aubé, 1838
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) depressus Fabricius, 1775
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) elegans Panzer, 1794
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) macronychus Shirt & Angus, 1992
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) canaliculatus Lacordaire, 1835
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) canariensis Bedel, 1881
Neoporus vittatipennis Gemminger & ..., 1868
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) davisii Curtis, 1831
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) sanmarkii Sahlberg, 1826
Oreodytes sanmarkii sanmarkii C. R. Sahlberg, 1826
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) septentrionalis Gyllenhal, 1826
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Platambus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Platambus semivittatus LeConte, 1852
Porhydrus lineatus Fabricius, 1775
Rhantus (Nartus) grapii Gyllenhal, 1808
Rhantus (Rhantus) bistriatus (Bergsträsser, 1778)⇒ Rhantus suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus (Rhantus) capensis Aubé, 1838
Rhantus (Rhantus) concolorans Wallengren, 1881
Rhantus (Rhantus) exsoletus Forster, 1771
Rhantus (Rhantus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) latitans Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Rhantus (Rhantus) notaticollis Aubé, 1837
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus aberratus Gemminger & ..., 1868
Rhantus notatus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus pulverosus Stephens, 1828
Scarodytes halensis Fabricius, 1787
Stictonectes lepidus Olivier, 1795
Stictotarsus bertrandi Legros, 1956
Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Suphrodytes dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hydroporus dorsalis Fabricius, 1787
Suphrodytes figuratus Gyllenhal, 1826
Thermonectus nigrofasciatus Aubé, 1838
Uvarus lacustris Say, 1823
Uvarus omalus Guignot, 1956
Uvarus pictipes Lea, 1899
Yola bicarinata Latreille, 1804
Yola natalensis Régimbart, 1894
Yola subopaca Régimbart, 1895

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Benelux
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
3
49
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
3
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoptotominae
Branden, 1885
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
5
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
30
108
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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