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Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
865
12017
42756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
862
12007
42740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
783
11731
42132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
476
9634
37092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
127
2919
9678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
7
317
1415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
4
65
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
61
244
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
61 Genera with 244 Species
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Acilius Leach, 1823Small Flat Diving Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 179629SpeciesTaxom
Allodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 17772SpeciesTaxom
Boreonectes Angus, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Celina Aubé, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Chostonectes Sharp, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Coelambus Stephens, 18123SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Coptotomus Say, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 17744SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Desmopachria Babington, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscus Linnaeus, 182312SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Graphoderus Dejean, 17954SpeciesTaxom
Graptodytes Seidlitz, 17875SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Huxelhydrus Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 17635SpeciesTaxom
Hyderodes Hope, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 17923SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 180843SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 178314SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 17613SpeciesTaxom
Ilybiosoma Crotch, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 182414SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 183810SpeciesTaxom
Laccornellus Roughley & W..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Laccornis Gozis, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Lancetes Sharp, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Liopterus Dejean, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Megadytes Sharp, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 18816SpeciesTaxom
Necterosoma MacLeay, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Neoporus Guignot, 1868Water tigers5SpeciesTaxom
Onychohydrus Schaum, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Oreodytes Seidlitz, 18316SpeciesTaxom
Palaeodytes Ponomarenko, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Platambus C.G. Thomson, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18824SpeciesTaxom
Porhydrus Guignot, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Potamonectes Zimmermann, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Prodaticus Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18688SpeciesTaxom
Sandracottus Sharp, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Sanfilippodytes Franciscolo, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Scarodytes des Gozis, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Senilites Brinck, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Sternopriscus Sharp, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Stictonectes Brinck, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Stictotarsus Zimmermann, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Suphrodytes Gozis, 18263SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 19413SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
244 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acilius (Acilius) canaliculatus Nicolai, 1822
Acilius (Acilius) semisulcatus Aubé, 1838
Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Acilius (Homoelytrus) mediatus Say, 1823
Agabus (Acatodes) arcticus Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Acatodes) confinis Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Acatodes) congener Thunberg, 1794
Agabus (Acatodes) fuscipennis Paykull, 1798Alpine bryum moss
Agabus (Acatodes) sturmii Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Agabus) aeruginosus Aubé, 1838
Agabus (Agabus) labiatus Brahm, 1790
Agabus (Dichonectes) biguttatus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Dichonectes) guttatus Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Eriglenus) undulatus Schrank, 1776
Agabus (Gabinectes) brunneus Fabricius, 1798
Agabus (Gabinectes) didymus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) affinis Paykull, 1798
Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttatus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Agabus (Gaurodytes) brunneus Fabricius, 1798Brown Diving Beetle
Agabus (Gaurodytes) congener Thunberg, 1794
Agabus (Gaurodytes) conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus (Gaurodytes) didymus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) guttatus Paykull, 1798Largeflower evening primrose
Agabus (Gaurodytes) melanarius Aubé, 1837
Agabus (Gaurodytes) nebulosus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Agabus conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus (Gaurodytes) paludosus Fabricius, 1801
Agabus (Gaurodytes) semipunctatus (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Agabus falli Zimmermann, 1934
Agabus (Gaurodytes) striolatus Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Gaurodytes) tristis Aubé, 1838
Agabus (Gaurodytes) uliginosus Linnaeus, 1761
Agabus (Gaurodytes) unguicularis Thomson, 1867
Agabus chalconatus Panzer, 1796
Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Bidessus minutissimus Germar, 1824Minutest Diving Beetle
Bidessus unistriatus Goeze, 1777One-grooved Diving Beetle
Boreonectes griseostriatus De Geer, 1774
Boreonectes multilineatus Falkenstrom, 1922
Celina hubbelli Young, 1979
Chostonectes gigas Boheman, 1858
Chostonectes johnsonii Clark, 1862
Chostonectes nebulosus W.J. Macleay, 1871
Coelambus nigrolineatus Steven, 1808
Coelambus novemlineatus Stephens, 1829
Coelambus parallelogrammus Ahrens, 1812
Colymbetes edwardsi Stopes, 1915
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson, 1837
Copelatus aruensis J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Copelatus australiae (Clark, 1863)⇒ Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863
Copelatus glyphicus (Say, 1823)⇒ Copelatus vitraci Legros, 1948
Copelatus haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Copelatus aruensis J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Copelatus triglyphus Guignot, 1955
Coptotomus interrogatus Fabricius, 1801
Coptotomus loticus Hilsenhoff, 1980
Coptotomus venustus Say, 1823
Cybister (Cybister) fimbriolatus Say, 1823Predaceous Diving Beetle
Cybister (Scaphinectes) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774Grand Junction camissonia
Cybister (Trochalus) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774
Deronectes griseostriatus De Geer, 1774
Deronectes latus Stephens, 1829
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Desmopachria convexa Aubé, 1838
Desmopachria darlingtoni Young, 1989
Desmopachria leechi Young, 1981
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) circumcinctus Ahrens, 1811
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) circumflexus Fabricius, 1801
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) dimidiatus Bergsträsser, 1778
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1808
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acilius sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) semisulcatus O.F.Müller, 1776
Dytiscus fasciventris Say, 1824Understriped Diving Beetle
Dytiscus harrisii Kirby, 1837Harris'S Diving Beetle
Dytiscus hermanni (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hygrobia hermanni Fabricius, 1775
Dytiscus hybridus Aubé, 1838
Dytiscus natator Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus verticalis Say, 1823Vertical Diving Beetle
Exocelina glypta Guignot, 1955
Graphoderus bilineatus De Geer, 1774Water Beetle
Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Graphoderus liberus Say, 1825
Graphoderus zonatus Hoppe, 1795Spangled Diving Beetle
Graptodytes bilineatus Sturm, 1835
Graptodytes flavipes Olivier, 1795
Graptodytes granularis Linnaeus, 1767
Graptodytes pictus Fabricius, 1787
Herophydrus (Herophydrus) guineensis Aubé, 1838
Huxelhydrus syntheticus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) aruspex Clark, 1864
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) continentalis J.Balfour-Br..., 1944
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) seminiger De Geer, 1774
Hydaticus (Hydaticus) transversalis Pontoppidan, 1763
Hyderodes crassus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
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 (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) nigrita Fabricius, 1792
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) obsoletus Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
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 arcticus (Thomson, 1856)⇒ Hydroporus notablis LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus cantabricus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Hydroporus necopinatus roni Fery, 1999
Hydroporus dorsalis Fabricius, 1787
Hydroporus elongatulus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus errans Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydroporus figuratus Gyllenhal, 1826
Hydroporus glabriusculus Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus gyllenhalii Schiödte, 1841
Hydroporus melanocephalus (Gyllenhal, 1808)⇒ Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus melsheimeri Fall, 1917
Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838
Hydroporus necopinatus Fery, 1999
Hydroporus necopinatus roni Fery, 1999Ron's Diving Beetle
Hydroporus neglectus (Schaum, 1845)⇒ Hydroporus marginatus Duftschmid, 1805
Hydroporus neptuni Giebel, 1856
Hydroporus niger (Say, 1823)⇒ Hydroporus memnonius Nicolai, 1822
Hydroporus notabilis LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus notablis LeConte, 1850
Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus obscurus (Sturm, 1835)⇒ Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Hydroporus scalesianus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Hydroporus tesselatus (Drapiez, 1819)⇒ Nebrioporus canariensis Bedel, 1881
Hydroporus umbrosus Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydrovatus (Vathydrus) clypealis Sharp, 1876
Hydrovatus (Vathydrus) cuspidatus Kunze, 1818
Hydrovatus pustulatus F.E.Melsheimer, 1844
Hygrotus (Coelambus) compar Fall, 1919
Hygrotus (Coelambus) confluens (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hygrotus versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
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 (Coelambus) turbidus LeConte, 1855
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) decoratus Gyllenhal, 1810
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) inaequalis Fabricius, 1777
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) quinquelineatus Zetterstedt, 1828
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hyphydrus elegans Montrouzier, 1860
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Ilybiosoma regulare LeConte, 1852
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 (Ilybius) guttiger Gyllenhal, 1808
Ilybius (Ilybius) subaeneus Erichson, 1837
Ilybius chalconatus Panzer, 1796
Ilybius confusus Aubé, 1838
Ilybius gagates Aubé, 1838
Ilybius montanus Stephens, 1828
Ilybius opacus Aubé, 1837
Ilybius quadriguttatus Lacordaire, 1835
Ilybius wasastjernae C.R.Sahlberg, 1824
Laccophilus aquaticus Brodie, 1845
Laccophilus corystes Zhang, 1989
Laccophilus hyalinus De Geer, 1774
Laccophilus maculosus Say, 1823Dingy Diver
Laccophilus minutus Linnaeus, 1758Diving beetle
Laccophilus obsoletus (Westhoff, 1881)⇒ Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834
Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834Sussex Diving Beetle
Laccophilus ponticus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834
Laccophilus proximus Say, 1823
Laccophilus undatus Aubé, 1838
Laccornellus lugubris Aubé, 1838
Laccornis oblongus Stephens, 1835
Lancetes lanceolatus Clark, 1863
Limbodessus amabilis Clark, 1862
Limbodessus gemellus Clark, 1862
Limbodessus shuckardii Clark, 1862
Liodessus affinis Say, 1823
Liodessus miersii White, 1847
Liopterus haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1787
Megadytes costalis Fabricius, 1775
Megaporus howittii Clark, 1862
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) assimilis Paykull, 1798
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) depressus Fabricius, 1775
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) elegans Panzer, 1794
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) canaliculatus Lacordaire, 1835
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) canariensis Bedel, 1881
Necterosoma aphrodite Watts, 1978
Necterosoma penicillatum Clark, 1862
Necterosoma undecimlineatum Babington, 1841
Neoporus carolinus Fall, 1917
Neoporus gaudens Fall, 1923
Neoporus spurius LeConte, 1855
Neoporus undulatus Say, 1823
Neoporus vittatipennis Gemminger & ..., 1868
Onychohydrus scutellaris Germar, 1848
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) davisii Curtis, 1831
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) sanmarkii Sahlberg, 1826
Oreodytes (Oreodytes) septentrionalis Gyllenhal, 1826
Oreodytes davisi Curtis, 1831
Palaeodytes incompleta Ponomarenko,..., 2005
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Platambus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Platambus obtusatus Say, 1823
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) bakewelli Clark, 1863
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) darlingtoni Guéorguiev, 1972
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) decempunctatus Fabricius, 1775
Platynectes (Platynectes) aenescens Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Porhydrus lineatus Fabricius, 1775
Potamonectes (Potamonectes) griseostriatus (De Geer, 1774)⇒ Boreonectes griseostriatus De Geer, 1774
Potamonectes depressus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Nebrioporus depressus Fabricius, 1775
Rhantus (Nartus) grapii Gyllenhal, 1808
Rhantus (Nartus) sinuatus LeConte, 1862
Rhantus (Rhantus) bistriatus (Bergsträsser, 1778)⇒ Rhantus suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus (Rhantus) exsoletus Forster, 1771
Rhantus (Rhantus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturellus Harris, 1828
Rhantus aberratus Gemminger & ..., 1868
Sandracottus bakewelli Clark, 1864
Sanfilippodytes vilis LeConte, 1852
Scarodytes halensis Fabricius, 1787
Senilites tristanicola Brinck, 1948
Sternopriscus clavatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Sternopriscus multimaculatus Clark, 1862
Stictonectes lepidus Olivier, 1795
Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Stictotarsus multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922)⇒ Boreonectes multilineatus Falkenstrom, 1922
Suphrodytes dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hydroporus dorsalis Fabricius, 1787
Suphrodytes figuratus Gyllenhal, 1826
Thermonectus basillaris Harris, 1829
Thermonectus nigrofasciatus Aubé, 1838
Uvarus lacustris Say, 1823
Uvarus omalus Guignot, 1956
Uvarus rogersi Young, 1941

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in British Isles
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
5
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
3
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCoptotominae
Branden, 1885
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
3
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
8
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
35
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
1
10
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLancetinae
Branden, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPalaeogyrininae
Schlechtendal, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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