Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 67
1354
3313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 5
189
591 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 2
25
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 24
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
24 Genera with 41 Species
| Allodessus Guignot, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antiporus Sharp, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Copelatus Erichson, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cybister Curtis, 1774 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eretes Laporte, 1767 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Exocelina Broun, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Herophydrus Sharp, 1848 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hydaticus Leach, 1838 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyphydrus Illiger, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laccophilus Leach, 1932 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leiodytes Guignot, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limbodessus Guignot, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neobidessodes Hendrich & B..., 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onychohydrus Schaum, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platambus C.G. Thomson, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platynectes Régimbart, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prodaticus Sharp, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhantaticus Sharp, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sandracottus Sharp, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thermonectus Dejean, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yola des Gozis, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yolina Guignot, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
41 Species and 1 Subspecies | Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862 | | | Antiporus femoralis Boheman, 1858 | | | Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862 | | | Copelatus decemsulcatus Régimbart, 1895 | | | Copelatus tenebrosus Régimbart, 1880 | | | Cybister (Cybister) buqueti Aubé, 1838 | | | Cybister (Cybister) guignoti Gschwendtner, 1936 | Plummer's cliff fern | | Cybister (Cybister) tripunctatus Olivier, 1795 | Three-punctured diving beetle | | Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835 | | | Cybister (Scaphinectes) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781 | | Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863 | | | Herophydrus gigas Régimbart, 1895 | | | Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790) | ⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790 | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bihamatus Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bivittatus Laporte, 1835 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) capicola Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) flavolineatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) fulvoguttatus Guignot, 1951 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) servillianus Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydroglyphus transvaalensis Régimbart, 1894 | | | Hydroglyphus zanzibarensis Régimbart, 1906 | | | Hydrovatus amplicornis Régimbart, 1895 | | | Hydrovatus simoni Régimbart, 1894 | | | Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Laccophilus adspersus Boheman, 1848 | | | Laccophilus clarki Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Laccophilus simplicistriatus Gschwendtner, 1932 | | | Leiodytes evanescens Boheman, 1848 | | | Limbodessus amabilis Clark, 1862 | | | Neobidessodes bilita Watts, 1978 | | | Onychohydrus scutellaris Germar, 1848 | | | Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003 | | | Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) decempunctatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790 | | | Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833 | | | Sandracottus bakewellii Clark, 1864 | | | Yola endroedyi Biström, 1983 | | | Yolina sima Omer-Cooper, 1965 | |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Namibia
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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