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Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Free State (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
1855
3226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
1852
3216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
261
1801
3144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
160
1289
2254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
38
406
708
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
66
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
11
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
11
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Free State
11 Genera with 11 Species
Bidessus Sharp, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Philaccolus Guignot, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Free State
11 Species
Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus capensis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) caffer Boheman, 1848
Laccophilus adspersus Boheman, 1848
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus cyclopis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Philaccolus lineatoguttatus Régimbart, 1894
Tikoloshanes eretiformis Omer-Cooper, 1956

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Free State
SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
4
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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