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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Kangaroo Island (South Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
133
412
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
133
412
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
128
406
544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
88
313
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
27
113
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
21
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
9
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
9
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kangaroo Island
9 Genera with 13 Species
Allodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Necterosoma MacLeay, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kangaroo Island
13 Species
Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862
Antiporus femoralis Boheman, 1858
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Copelatus australiae (Clark, 1863)⇒ Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863
Copelatus ferrugineus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Exocelina ferruginea Sharp, 1882
Copelatus simplex (Clark, 1863)⇒ Copelatus aldabricus J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Eretes australis Erichson, 1842
Limbodessus praelargus Lea, 1899
Megaporus hamatus Clark, 1862
Necterosoma dispar Germar, 1848
Necterosoma penicillatum Clark, 1862
Platynectes (Platynectes) reticulosus Clark, 1863
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802

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

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
5
7
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