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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Peru (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
582
9673
29819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
579
9667
29813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
553
9522
29375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
356
7450
23932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
101
2586
7273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
227
922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
18
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
16
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Peru
16 Genera with 21 Species
Agabus Leach, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Coptotomus Say, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Derovatellus Sharp, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Desmopachria Babington, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Megadytes Sharp, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Neobidessus Young, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Neoclypeodytes Young, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Neptosternus Sharp, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 18356SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Peru
21 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agabus (Gaurodytes) picotae Foster & Bilton, 1997
Copelatus agrias Guignot, 1954
Coptotomus venustus Say, 1823
Derovatellus peruanus Spangler, 1967
Desmopachria striga Young, 1990
Desmopachria zethus Young, 1995
Hydrovatus ischyrus Guignot, 1954
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Laccophilus nastus Spangler, 1966
Megadytes (Bifurcitus) lherminieri Guérin-Ménev..., 1829
Megadytes (Megadytes) steinheili Wehncke, 1876
Neobidessus bolivari Young, 1981
Neptosternus compsus Guignot, 1953
Rhantus (Rhantus) discicollis Aubé, 1838
Rhantus (Rhantus) signatus Fabricius, 1775Chain fern
Thermonectus basillaris basillaris Harris, 1829
Thermonectus circumscriptus Latreille, 1809Cancellate semele
Thermonectus leprieuri J.Balfour-Br..., 1944
Thermonectus margineguttatus Aubé, 1838
Thermonectus nobilis Zimmermann, 1924Eveningsnow
Thermonectus variegatus Laporte, 1835

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Peru
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoptotominae
Branden, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
7
6
Genera
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