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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
87
2906
15323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
336
2325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
15
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
13
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
13 Genera with 33 Species
Agabus Leach, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 189511SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Methles Sharp, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18953SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
33 Species
Agabus corticeus Lomnicki, 1894
Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Megadytoides) marginicollis Boheman, 1848
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Exocelina melanaria Sharp, 1882
Herophydrus (Herophydrus) guineensis Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) aequabilis Guignot, 1958
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) arcuatus Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) collarti Guignot, 1948
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) congo Gschwendtner, 1938
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) ineptus Guignot, 1953
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) poecilus Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) pullatus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) tenuis Gschwendtner, 1938
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) torosus Guignot, 1947
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) tschoffeni Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus dama Guignot, 1958
Hydrovatus nigrita Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus opacus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hyphydrus elegans Montrouzier, 1860
Hyphydrus grandis Laporte, 1835
Laccophilus flavopictus Régimbart, 1889
Laccophilus flavoscriptus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus laetus Guignot, 1955
Laccophilus modestus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus tschoffeni Régimbart, 1895
Megaporus hamatus Clark, 1862
Methles cribratellus Fairmaire, 1880
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Yola costipennis Fairmaire, 1869
Yola tschoffeni Régimbart, 1895
Yola tuberculata Régimbart, 1895

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Congo
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
1
5
Genus
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