Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Paraguay (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 403
4043
8341 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 402
4042
8340 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 385
3982
8220 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 250
3204
6812 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 77
1514
3205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 5
140
335 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 2
21
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 15
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Paraguay
15 Genera with 13 Species | Allomatus Mouchamps, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amarodytes Régimbart, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cybister Curtis, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deronectes Sharp, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derovatellus Sharp, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmopachria Babington, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydaticus Leach, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limbodessus Guignot, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liodessus Guignot, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megadytes Sharp, 1775 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Neobidessus Young, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydrus Sharp, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhantaticus Sharp, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thermonectus Dejean, 1809 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Paraguay
13 Species | Allomatus guaranianus | | | Cybister (Neocybister) puncticollis Brullé, 1837 | | | Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824 | | | Desmopachria nitidoides Young, 1990 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) fractivittis Guignot, 1951 | | | Hydrovatus ischyrus Guignot, 1954 | | | Limbodessus eberhardi Watts & Hump..., 1999 | | | Limbodessus pulpa Watts & Hump..., 1999 | | | Megadytes (Bifurcitus) magnus Trémouilles ..., 1980 | | | Megadytes (Megadytes) marginithorax Perty, 1830 | | | Megadytes costalis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833 | | | Thermonectus circumscriptus Latreille, 1809 | Cancellate semele |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Paraguay
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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