Taxonomy of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, predaceous diving beetle, Predaceous diving beetles, Predacious diving beetles, Water tigers
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 592
62779
813516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 23
6166
123695 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 10
495
10977 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 411
10195 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 | Subfamily | Agabinae
Thomson, 1867
| 13
1108 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Colymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
| 19
499 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Copelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885 ⇒ Copelatini
| 9
1128 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Coptotominae
Branden, 1885
| 1
14 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Cybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
| 8
302 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Dytiscinae
Leach, 1815
| 17
1122 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Hydrodytinae
Miller, 2001
| 2
4 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Hydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
| 162
5024 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Laccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
| 15
700 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Lancetinae
Branden, 1885
| 1
40 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Liadytiscinae ♰
Prokin & Ren, 2010
| 5
10 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Matinae
Van den Branden, 1885
| 3
18 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Palaeogyrininae ♰
Schlechtendal, 1894
| 3
7 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Acathodes
Seidlitz, 1887 ⇒ Agabus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Acillius ⇒ Acilius
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Acilus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Actobaena
Gistel, 1856
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Afronectes
Müller, 1942
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Agabidius
Seidlitz, 1887
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Agabinectes
Guignot, 1933
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Agaporomorpha
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Agraphis
Guignot, 1954
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Allodesus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Allogabus
Guignot, 1952
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Allonychus
Zaitzev, 1905
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Allophydrus
Zimmermann, 1930
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Alocomerus
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Anagabus
Jakovlev, 1897
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Anisomera
Brullé, 1834 ⇒ Anisomeria
| 21 | Species | | Genus | Anodochilus
Gemminger & Harold, 1868
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Apriophorus
Guignot, 1938
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Asternus
Guignot, 1931
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Aubehydrus
Guignot, 1942
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Aulacodytes
Guignot, 1938
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Australonectes
Guéorguiev, 1972
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Austrelatus
Shaverdo, Hájek, Hendrich, Surbakti, Panjaitan & Balke, 2023
| 35 | Species | | Genus | Badynectus
Seidlitz, 1872
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Barrethydrus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Bartheus
Houlbert, 1934
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Bidessini
Sharp, 1880
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Bifurcitus
Brinck, 1945 ⇒ Megadytes
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Bistictus
Guignot, 1942 ⇒ Nebrioporus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Brachybidessus
Gschwendtner in Titschack, 1954
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Brinckius
Guignot, 1957
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Calliporus
Adám, 1996 ⇒ Bidessus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Carabhudrus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Carinonectes ♰
Vazirani, 1976
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Circinoporus
Guignot, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Colymbetopsis
Handlirsch, 1906
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Colymbinectes
Falkenström, 1936
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cybisteter
Bedel, 1880
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cybsiter
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cymatopterus
Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 ⇒ Colymbetes
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Derographus
Portevin, 1929
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Deroncectes
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Deuteronectus
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Dichodytes
Thomson, 1886
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Dichonectes
Guignot, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Diticus
Goldfuss, 1820 ⇒ Dytiscus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Dryephorus
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Dyticus
Geoffroy, 1762 ⇒ Dytiscus
| 58 | Species | | Genus | Electruphilus
Balker, Toledo & Hendrich, 2019
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Eunectes
Erichson, 1832 ⇒ Eretes
Anacondas | 12 | Species | | Genus | Falloporus
Wolfe & Malta, 1981
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gabinectes
Guignot, 1931
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Glessaria ♰
Koch & Berendt, 1854 ⇒ Derovatellus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Graphothorax
Motschoulsky, 1853
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Gschwendtnerhydrus
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gueorguievtes ♰
Vazirani, 1976
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Guignotites
Brinck, 1944
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Heteroelytrus
Adám, 1993 ⇒ Acilius
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Heterostethus
Falkenström, 1938
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hintonella
Young, 1981
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hogrus
Zubkov, 1837 ⇒ Eretes
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Homaeolytrus
Gobert, 1874
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Homeodytes
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Homoeolytrus
Gobert, 1874 ⇒ Acilius
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hughbosdinius
Spangler, 1981 ⇒ Bidessodes
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hydaticinus
Guignot, 1950 ⇒ Hydaticus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hydatobius
Gistl, 1834
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hydatonychus
Kolbe, 1883
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hydatoporus
Gistel, 1856
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hydronectes
Gistel, 1834 ⇒ Orectochilus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hydroporidius
Guignot, 1949
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hydroporomorpha
Hope, 1838
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Hyobius
Gistel, 1856
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hyphidrus
Sturm, 1826 ⇒ Hyphydrus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hypoclypeus
Guignot, 1950 ⇒ Clypeodytes
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hypodes
Watts, 1978 ⇒ Tiporus
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Hypodytes
Guignot, 1938 ⇒ Clypeodytes
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hypoplatynectes ♰
Guéorguiev, 1972
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Icmaleus
Gistel, 1856
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Idiolybius
des Gozis, 1886
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ilybidius
Guignot, 1948
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ilybiomorphus
Porta, 1923 ⇒ Rhantus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Isonotus
Guignot, 1936
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Kogurea ♰
M Kobayashi, 1962
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Kuschelhydrus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lacconectes
Zimmermann, 1928
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lacophilus
Sturm, 1826 ⇒ Laccophilus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Leucorea
Laporte, 1835
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lioclypeus
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Liodytes
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lymnaeus
Gistel, 1834
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Macrodytes
Thomson, 1860 ⇒ Dytiscus
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Megadytoides
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Meganectes
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Melanectes
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Mesogabus
Guéorguiev, 1969
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Mesovatellus
Trémouilles, 1995
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Metaplatynectes
Guéorguiev, 1978
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Metronectes
Sharp, 1882 ⇒ Agabus (Gaurodytes)
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nealocomerus
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nebriogabus
Guignot, 1936
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Necticus
Laporte de Castelnau, 1835 ⇒ Agabus (Gaurodytes)
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Nectoserrula
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neocybister
Miller, Bergsten & Whiting, 2007
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neonecticus
Guignot, 1951
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neoplatynectes ♰
Vazirani, 1970
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nipponhydrus
Guignot, 1954 ⇒ Allopachria
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Nogrus
Dejean, 1833
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Notoplatynectes ♰
Guéorguiev, 1978
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pachiridis
Young, 1980
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pachriodesma
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pachriostrix
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pachytes
Montrouzier, 1860
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Paraclypeus
Vazirani, 1971
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Paralacconectus
Vazirani, 1970
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Paramegadytes
Tremoulles & Bachmann, 1980
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Paraplatynectes
Vazirani, 1970
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Parasternus
Guignot, 1936
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pelidus
Gistl, 1834
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pelocatus
Zaitzev, 1908
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Phraeatodessus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Plateocolymbus
Gistl, 1857
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Platephemera ♰
Scudder in Dawson, 1867
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Platydessus
Guignot, 1955
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Platynectus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pleurodytes
Régimbart, 1899
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Portmannia
Young, 1980
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Prosciastes
Gistel, 1856
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pseudoscutopterus
Hatch, 1953
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ranagabus
Balfour-Browne, 1939
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rantogiton
des Gozis, 1910
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rantus
Dejean, 1833 ⇒ Rhantus
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Rhabdonectes
Houlbert, 1934
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rhiacodytes
Adám, 1996
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rhythrodytes
Bameul, 1989
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Scaphinectes
Adám, 1993
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Schizoporus
Adám, 1996
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Scutopterus
Lacordaire, 1835 ⇒ Meladema
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Scytodytes
Seidlitz, 1887
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Scytopterus
Agassiz, 1846
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Sinoporus ♰
Prokin & Ren, 2010
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Sternoporus
Falkenström, 1930
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Stictitarsus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Stictogabus
Guignot, 1948
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Trifurcitus
Brinck, 1945
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Trogulus ♰
Brodie, 1874
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Varodetellus
Biström, 1979
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Vathydrus
Guignot, 1954
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Veteropsyche ♰
L Botosaneanu, RO Johnson, & PR Dillon, 1998
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Yoloides
Guignot, 1960
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Yolula
Guignot, 1950
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Youngulus
Spangler, 1981
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Zimmermannius
Guignot, 1942
| 0 | Species |
Synonyms | Dystiscidae (Leach, 1815) | | Dyticides (Leach, 1815) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Dytiscidae | German | Echte Schwimmkäfer, Schwimmkäfer | | English | Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Predaceous diving beetles, Predacious diving beetles, Water tigers | | Dutch | Waterroofkevers, Zwemkevers, Zwemtorren | | Danish | Vandkalve | | Swedish | Dykare | | Finnish | Sukeltajat | | Norwegian | Vannkalver | | French | Ditiques, Dytiques |
Distribution and Species lists of Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z |
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Ecozone Forest, Mountains, Riversides
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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