Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Ecuador (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 568
8090
22812 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 565
8082
22805 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 540
7963
22498 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 341
6262
18920 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 96
2242
6090 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 5
190
813 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 2
30
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 21
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ecuador
12 Genera with 21 Species | Anodocheilus Babington, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copelatus Erichson, 1845 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Deronectes Sharp, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmopachria Babington, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretes Laporte, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrodessus J.Balfour-Br..., 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megadytes Sharp, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Napodytes Steiner, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neobidessus Young, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neptosternus Sharp, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhantus Dejean, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ecuador
21 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anodocheilus phyllisae Young, 1974 | Sand-dune skyrocket | | Copelatus agrias Guignot, 1954 | | | Copelatus galapagoensis G.R.Waterhouse, 1845 | | | Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824 | | | Desmopachria ubangoides Young, 1980 | | | Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781 | | Hydrovatus ischyrus Guignot, 1954 | | | Megadytes (Bifurcitus) lherminieri Guérin-Ménev..., 1829 | | | Napodytes boki Steiner, 1981 | | | Neobidessus hylaeus Young, 1977 | | | Neptosternus compsus Guignot, 1953 | | | Rhantus (Rhantus) galapagoensis Balke & Peck, 1993 | |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Ecuador
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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