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Checklist for Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
6
468
2421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
3
65
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
58
218
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
58 Genera with 218 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTUY
Africophilus Guignot, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 18947SpeciesTaxom
Allodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Amarodytes Régimbart, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Andex Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 18958SpeciesTaxom
Canthyporus Zimmermann, 192312SpeciesTaxom
Caperhantus Balke, Hajek..., 2017
0SpeciesTaxom
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 19625SpeciesTaxom
Coelhydrus Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 186914SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 177410SpeciesTaxom
Darwinhydrus Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Derovatellus Sharp, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Exocelina Broun, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Graphoderus Dejean, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Graptodytes Seidlitz, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Guignotus Houlbert, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18807SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 189517SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Hydropeplus Sharp, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 189510SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 198214SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 186722SpeciesTaxom
Leiodytes Guignot, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Methles Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 19534SpeciesTaxom
Neobidessodes Hendrich & B..., 19781SpeciesTaxom
Neptosternus Sharp, 19545SpeciesTaxom
Onychohydrus Schaum, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Peschetius Guignot, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Philaccolus Guignot, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Philodytes Balfour-Browne, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Platambus C.G. Thomson, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Platydytes Biström, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Potamonectes Zimmermann, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Primospes Sharp, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Prodaticus Sharp, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Pseuduvarus Biström, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Rhantaticus Sharp, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Sandracottus Sharp, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Sharphydrus Omer-Cooper, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tyndallhydrus Sharp, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 189515SpeciesTaxom
Yolina Guignot, 19654SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
218 Species and 1 Subspecies
Africophilus jansei Omer-Cooper ..., 1957
Africophilus nesiotes Guignot, 1951
Agabus (Acatodes) raffrayi Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Agabus (Acatodes) ruwenzoricus Guignot, 1936Plummer's cliff fern
Agabus (Acatodes) sturmii Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Gaurodytes) didymus Olivier, 1795
Agabus (Gaurodytes) guttatus Paykull, 1798Largeflower evening primrose
Agabus (Gaurodytes) paludosus Fabricius, 1801
Agabus corticeus Lomnicki, 1894
Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862
Andex insignis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Antiporus femoralis Boheman, 1858
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Bidessus capensis (Régimbart, 1894)⇒ Hydroglyphus infirmus Boheman, 1848
Bidessus fraudator Omer-Cooper, 1958
Bidessus imitator Omer-Cooper, 1953
Bidessus major (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Hydroglyphus major Sharp, 1882
Bidessus mundulus Omer-Cooper, 1965
Bidessus octoguttatus (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Pseuduvarus vitticollis Boheman, 1848
Bidessus ovoideus Régimbart, 1895
Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
Canthyporus aenigmaticus Biström & Ni..., 2006
Canthyporus brincki Omer-Cooper, 1965
Canthyporus canthydroides Régimbart, 1895
Canthyporus congener Omer-Cooper, 1956
Canthyporus hottentottus Gemminger & ..., 1868
Canthyporus lateralis Boheman, 1848
Canthyporus latus Omer-Cooper, 1965
Canthyporus lowryi Omer-Cooper, 1965
Canthyporus navigator Guignot, 1951
Canthyporus petulans Guignot, 1951
Canthyporus similator (Zimmermann, 1923)⇒ Canthyporus canthydroides Régimbart, 1895
Canthyporus testaceus Zimmermann, 1923
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) cribrosus Schaum, 1864
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) meridionalis Régimbart, 1895
Clypeodytes coarctaticollis (Régimbart, 1894)⇒ Platydytes coarctaticollis Régimbart, 1894
Clypeodytes hieroglyphicus (Régimbart, 1894)⇒ Leiodytes hieroglyphicus Régimbart, 1894
Clypeodytes ignobilis (Omer-Cooper, 1962)⇒ Leiodytes hieroglyphicus Régimbart, 1894
Coelhydrus brevicollis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus caelatipennis Aubé, 1838Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus capensis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus decemsulcatus Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Copelatus marginalis (Gschwendtner, 1932)⇒ Copelatus polystrigus Sharp, 1882
Copelatus parumstriatus Gschwendtner, 1934
Copelatus platynotus Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus polystrigus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus pulchellus Klug, 1834
Copelatus striatellus Boheman, 1848
Copelatus striatulus Aubé, 1838
Copelatus sylvaticus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Copelatus tenebrosus Régimbart, 1880
Copelatus vigintistriatus Fairmaire, 1869
Cybister (Cybister) buqueti Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Cybister) gschwendtneri Guignot, 1935
Cybister (Cybister) guignoti Gschwendtner, 1936Plummer's cliff fern
Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Cybister) tripunctatus Olivier, 1795Three-punctured diving beetle
Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Megadytoides) marginicollis Boheman, 1848
Cybister (Melanectes) owas Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Cybister (Scaphinectes) lateralimarginalis De Geer, 1774Grand Junction camissonia
Darwinhydrus solidus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Eretes australis Erichson, 1842
Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863
Exocelina glypta Guignot, 1955
Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Graptodytes pictus Fabricius, 1787
Guignotus bivirgatus (Guignot, 1952)⇒ Hydroglyphus farquharensis Scott, 1912
Guignotus harrisoni (Omer-Cooper, 1955)⇒ Hydroglyphus farquharensis Scott, 1912
Herophydrus capensis Régimbart, 1895
Herophydrus endroedyi Biström & Ni..., 2002
Herophydrus gigas Régimbart, 1895
Herophydrus ignoratus Gschwendtner, 1933
Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848
Herophydrus obscurus Sharp, 1882
Herophydrus oscillator (Sharp, 1880)⇒ 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) caffer Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) capicola Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dregei Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) exclamationis Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) flavolineatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) fulvoguttatus Guignot, 1951
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) galla Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) intermedius (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) matruelis Clark, 1864
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) natalensis Guignot, 1951
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) servillianus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sobrinus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) testudinarius Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus farquharensis Scott, 1912
Hydroglyphus infirmus Boheman, 1848
Hydroglyphus lineolatus Boheman, 1848
Hydroglyphus major Sharp, 1882
Hydroglyphus transvaalensis Régimbart, 1894
Hydroglyphus zanzibarensis Régimbart, 1906
Hydropeplus montanus Omer-Cooper, 1965
Hydropeplus trimaculatus Laporte, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) pubescens Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydroporus (Sternoporus) longicornis Sharp, 1871
Hydrovatus amplicornis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus flammulatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus frater Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus gravicornis (Omer-Cooper, 1957)⇒ Hydrovatus flammulatus Sharp, 1882
Hydrovatus macrocerus Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus nefandus Omer-Cooper, 1957
Hydrovatus nigricans Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus pescheti Omer-Cooper, 1931
Hydrovatus simoni Régimbart, 1894
Hydrovatus validicornis Régimbart, 1895
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) quinquelineatus Zetterstedt, 1828
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hyphydrus aethiopicus (Balfour-Browne, 1944)⇒ Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882
Hyphydrus caffer Boheman, 1848
Hyphydrus circumflexus Klug, 1853Virginia glasswort
Hyphydrus cycloides Régimbart, 1889
Hyphydrus gabonicus Régimbart, 1895
Hyphydrus grandis Laporte, 1835
Hyphydrus grossus (O. F. Müller, 1776)⇒ Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882
Hyphydrus hardenbergi (Zimmermann, 1926)⇒ Hyphydrus circumflexus Klug, 1853
Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833
Hyphydrus inopinatus Omer-Cooper, 1971
Hyphydrus opaculus Régimbart, 1895
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hyphydrus soni Biström, 1982
Ilybius (Ilybius) ater De Geer, 1774
Ilybius (Ilybius) fuliginosus Fabricius, 1792Mud Dweller
Laccophilus adspersus Boheman, 1848
Laccophilus ampliatus (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882
Laccophilus clarki Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus concisus Guignot, 1953
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus continentalis Gschwendtner, 1935
Laccophilus contiro Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Laccophilus cyclopis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus flaveolus Régimbart, 1906
Laccophilus hyalinus De Geer, 1774
Laccophilus immundus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus lineatus Aubé, 1838
Laccophilus modestus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus pallescens Régimbart, 1903
Laccophilus pampinatus Guignot, 1941
Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus pilitarsis (Régimbart, 1906)⇒ Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882
Laccophilus praeteritus (Omer-Cooper, 1957)⇒ Laccophilus concisus Guignot, 1953
Laccophilus remex Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Laccophilus simplicistriatus Gschwendtner, 1932
Laccophilus taeniolatus Régimbart, 1889
Laccophilus vermiculosus Gerstaecker, 1867
Leiodytes evanescens Boheman, 1848
Leiodytes hieroglyphicus Régimbart, 1894
Limbodessus amabilis Clark, 1862
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) assimilis Paykull, 1798
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) capensis Omer-Cooper, 1953
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) solivagus Omer-Cooper, 1965
Nebrioporus (Zimmermannius) vagrans Omer-Cooper, 1953
Neobidessodes bilita Watts, 1978
Neptosternus africanus Peschet, 1917
Neptosternus alluaudi Régimbart, 1903
Neptosternus ornatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Neptosternus resartus Guignot, 1954
Neptosternus tropicus Guignot, 1954
Onychohydrus scutellaris Germar, 1848
Peschetius carinipennis Régimbart, 1895
Philaccolus lineatoguttatus Régimbart, 1894
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Platydytes coarctaticollis Régimbart, 1894
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) decempunctatus Fabricius, 1775
Potamonectes capensis (Omer-Cooper, 1953)⇒ Nebrioporus capensis Omer-Cooper, 1953
Potamonectes solivagus (Omer-Cooper, 1965)⇒ Nebrioporus solivagus Omer-Cooper, 1965
Potamonectes vagrans (Omer-Cooper, 1953)⇒ Nebrioporus vagrans Omer-Cooper, 1953
Primospes suturalis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Pseuduvarus vitticollis Boheman, 1848
Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833
Rhantus (Rhantus) calidus Fabricius, 1792
Rhantus (Rhantus) capensis Aubé, 1838
Rhantus (Rhantus) cicurius Fabricius, 1787
Rhantus (Rhantus) concolorans Wallengren, 1881
Rhantus peringueyi (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Rhantus concolorans Wallengren, 1881
Sandracottus bakewellii Clark, 1864
Sharphydrus capensis Omer-Cooper, 1955
Sharphydrus coriaceus Régimbart, 1894
Tikoloshanes eretiformis Omer-Cooper, 1956
Tyndallhydrus caraboides Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Tyndallhydrus coriaceus (Régimbart, 1894)⇒ Sharphydrus coriaceus Régimbart, 1894
Uvarus gschwendtneri Guignot, 1942
Uvarus omalus Guignot, 1956
Uvarus opacus (Gschwendtner, 1935)⇒ Uvarus gschwendtneri Guignot, 1942
Uvarus peringueyi Régimbart, 1895
Yola babaulti Peschet, 1921
Yola dilatata Régimbart, 1906
Yola dohrni Sharp, 1882
Yola endroedyi Biström, 1983
Yola frontalis Régimbart, 1906
Yola grandicollis Peschet, 1921
Yola harrisoni (Omer-Cooper, 1953)⇒ Yola subopaca Régimbart, 1895
Yola inopinata (Omer-Cooper, 1955)⇒ Yolina inopinata Omer-Cooper, 1955
Yola marshalli (Omer-Cooper, 1957)⇒ Yola peringueyi Guignot, 1942
Yola natalensis Régimbart, 1894
Yola peringueyi Guignot, 1942
Yola simulantis Omer-Cooper, 1965
Yola subopaca Régimbart, 1895
Yola swierstrai Gschwendtner, 1935
Yola tuberculata Régimbart, 1895
Yolina brincki Omer-Cooper, 1965
Yolina elegantula Boheman, 1848
Yolina inopinata Omer-Cooper, 1955
Yolina sima Omer-Cooper, 1965

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyColymbetinae
Erichson, 1837
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
2
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
8
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
34
121
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
5
30
Genera
Species

Taxom



Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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Dytiscidae at artfakta.se
Dytiscidae at dyntaxa.se
Dytiscidae at gbif.org
Dytiscidae at irmng.org
Dytiscidae at itis.gov
Dytiscidae at marinespecies.org