Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
2450
4777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 44
603
930 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 4
75
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 2
12
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 11
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gauteng
11 Genera with 10 Species | Africophilus Guignot, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bidessus Sharp, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cybister Curtis, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eretes Laporte, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Herophydrus Sharp, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydaticus Leach, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laccophilus Leach, 1882 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Yola des Gozis, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
10 Species | Bidessus fraudator Omer-Cooper, 1958 | | | Bidessus ovoideus Régimbart, 1895 | | | Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838 | | | Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781 | | Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) exclamationis Aubé, 1838 | | | Laccophilus cyclopis Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Laccophilus lineatus Aubé, 1838 | | | Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Yola natalensis Régimbart, 1894 | |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Gauteng
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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