Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Peru (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 580
9390
28804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 577
9384
28798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 552
9245
28393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 356
7215
23110 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 102
2474
7046 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 5
206
880 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 2
16
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers | 14
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Peru
14 Genera with 18 Species | Copelatus Erichson, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coptotomus Say, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derovatellus Sharp, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmopachria Babington, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydaticus Leach, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laccophilus Leach, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liodessus Guignot, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megadytes Sharp, 1876 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neobidessus Young, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoclypeodytes Young, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neptosternus Sharp, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhantus Dejean, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thermonectus Dejean, 1835 | | 7 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Peru
18 Species and 1 Subspecies | Copelatus agrias Guignot, 1954 | | | Coptotomus venustus Say, 1823 | | | Derovatellus peruanus Spangler, 1967 | | | Desmopachria striga Young, 1990 | | | Desmopachria zethus Young, 1995 | | | Hydrovatus ischyrus Guignot, 1954 | | | 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 | | | Thermonectus basillaris basillaris Harris, 1829 | | | Thermonectus circumscriptus Latreille, 1809 | Cancellate semele | | Thermonectus leprieuri J.Balfour-Br..., 1944 | | | Thermonectus margineguttatus Aubé, 1838 | | | Thermonectus nobilis Zimmermann, 1924 | Eveningsnow | | Thermonectus variegatus Laporte, 1835 | |
Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Peru
 | | Dytiscidae (Leach 1815) |
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