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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Gambia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
290
2438
4344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
289
2437
4343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
278
2394
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
1936
3686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
51
717
1553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
206
704
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
24
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
20
73
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gambia
20 Genera with 73 Species
Agabus Leach, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 19506SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18346SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Derovatellus Sharp, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Heterhydrus Fairmaire, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 18347SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 197819SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 188910SpeciesTaxom
Methles Sharp, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Philodytes Balfour-Browne, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Prodaticus Sharp, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Rhantaticus Sharp, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18953SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambia
73 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agabus corticeus Lomnicki, 1894
Bidessus glabrescens Biström, 1983
Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
Bidessus sodalis Guignot, 1939Rocky Mountain cliff fern
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) bedeli Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus bottegoi Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus nigrostriatus Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus pulchellus Klug, 1834
Copelatus sylvaticus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Copelatus togoensis Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus tostus J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Cybister (Cybister) buqueti Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Cybister) tripunctatus Olivier, 1795Three-punctured diving beetle
Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Megadytoides) marginicollis Boheman, 1848
Cybister (Melanectes) vicinus Zimmermann, 1917
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Derovatellus assinicus Régimbart, 1889
Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Heterhydrus senegalensis Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bivittatus Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) exclamationis Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) humeralis Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus angularis Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus confusus Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus dakarensis Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus flavoguttatus Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus geminodes Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus koppi Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus signatellus Klug, 1834
Hydrovatus abraeoides Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859Predaceous diving beetle
Hydrovatus aristidis Leprieur, 1879
Hydrovatus baptus Guignot, 1954
Hydrovatus brevipilis Guignot, 1942
Hydrovatus cribratus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus facetus Guignot, 1942
Hydrovatus gabonicus Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus guignotianus Guignot, 1959
Hydrovatus humilis (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
Hydrovatus insolitus Guignot, 1948
Hydrovatus nigricans Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus nilssoni Biström, 1997
Hydrovatus oblongipennis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus parvulus Régimbart, 1900
Hydrovatus regimbarti Zimmermann, 1919Florida Mountain woodlandsnail
Hydrovatus reticuliceps Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus senegalensis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus suturalis Bilardo & Pe..., 1978
Hyphydrus alluaudi Régimbart, 1889
Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833
Hyphydrus maculatus Babington, 1841
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus inobservatus Biström, Nil..., 2015
Laccophilus inornatus Zimmermann, 1926
Laccophilus laeticulus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus modestus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus nodieri Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus occidentalis Biström, Nil..., 2015
Laccophilus persimilis Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus restrictus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Laccophilus pictipennis Sharp, 1882
Laccophilus taeniolatus Régimbart, 1889
Methles cribratellus Fairmaire, 1880
Philodytes umbrinus Motschulsky, 1855
Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833
Uvarus baoulicus Guignot, 1939
Yola cuspis Bilardo & Pe..., 1978
Yola enigmatica Omer-Cooper, 1954
Yola nigrosignata Régimbart, 1895

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

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
11
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
2
11
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