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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
78
1509
6505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
244
1195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
19
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
14
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
14 Genera with 28 Species
Acilius Leach, 1758Small Flat Diving Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Carabdytes Balke, Hendr..., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 20125SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 17612SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Philaccolilus Guignot, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18253SpeciesTaxom
Sandracottus Sharp, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Agabus (Gaurodytes) nebulosus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Agabus conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus corticeus Lomnicki, 1894
Carabdytes upin Balke, Hendr..., 1992
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Copelatus (Copelatus) irregularis W.J. Macleay, 1871
Cybister (Cybister) loxidiscus Wilke, 1920
Cybister (Cybister) tripunctatus Olivier, 1795Three-punctured diving beetle
Cybister (Cybister) yulensis Guignot, 1956
Exocelina brahminensis Shaverdo, He..., 2012
Exocelina bundiensis Shaverdo, He..., 2012
Exocelina injiensis Shaverdo & B..., 2016
Exocelina jimiensis Shaverdo & B..., 2014
Exocelina knoepfchen Shaverdo, He..., 2012
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) consanguineus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) rhantaticoides Régimbart, 1892
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) suffusus Régimbart, 1892
Hyphydrus loriae Régimbart, 1892
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Laccophilus minutus Linnaeus, 1758Diving beetle
Philaccolilus ameliae ameliae Balke, Larso..., 2000
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) octodecimmaculatus W.S.Macleay, 1825
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) semperi Régimbart, 1899
Rhantus (Rhantus) elisabethae Balke, Kinib..., 2007
Rhantus (Rhantus) papuanus J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Sandracottus guerini J.Balfour-Br..., 1939

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
2
2
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