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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Egypt (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2690
5936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
2687
5927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2654
5866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
218
1990
4696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
58
707
1708
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
129
423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
15
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
15
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Egypt
15 Genera with 26 Species
Agabus Leach, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 17744SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Hyphoporus Sharp, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Prodaticus Sharp, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18252SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Egypt
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttatus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) conspersus Marsham, 1802
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Colymbetes piceus Klug, 1834
Copelatus (Copelatus) gestroi (Régimbart, 1892)⇒ Copelatus neogestroi Balke, 2008
Copelatus ibrahimi Zalat, Saleh..., 2000
Cybister (Cybister) tripunctatus Olivier, 1795Three-punctured diving beetle
Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Cybister (Scaphinectes) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774Grand Junction camissonia
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Herophydrus (Herophydrus) guineensis Aubé, 1838
Herophydrus (Herophydrus) musicus Klug, 1834
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) decorus Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus confusus Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus signatellus Klug, 1834
Hydroporus brucki Wehncke, 1875
Hydroporus solieri (Aubé, 1838)⇒ Hyphoporus solieri Aubé, 1838
Hyphoporus solieri Aubé, 1838
Hyphydrus grandis Laporte, 1835
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) ceresyi Aubé, 1838
Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Rhantus (Rhantus) includens Walker, 1871
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Egypt
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
7
10
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