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Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
42
831
2105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
102
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
2 Genera with 4 Species
Cybister Curtis, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
4 Species
Cybister (Megadytoides) marginicollis Boheman, 1848
Cybister (Melanectes) ertli Zimmermann, 1917
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Malawi
SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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