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Checklist of Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (Diving beetles)
for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
354
2978
5577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2328
4540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
62
923
1939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
117
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
27
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
25
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
25 Genera with 61 Species
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Africophilus Guignot, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Amarodytes Régimbart, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 189511SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 186711SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Neptosternus Sharp, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Peschetius Guignot, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Philaccolus Guignot, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Platambus C.G. Thomson, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Rhantaticus Sharp, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18959SpeciesTaxom
Yolina Guignot, 18481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
61 Species
Africophilus nesiotes Guignot, 1951
Agabus (Acatodes) raffrayi Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Bidessus fraudator Omer-Cooper, 1958
Bidessus ovoideus Régimbart, 1895
Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) cribrosus Schaum, 1864
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) meridionalis Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus capensis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus sylvaticus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Cybister (Cybister) gschwendtneri Guignot, 1935
Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Melanectes) owas Laporte, 1835
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bivittatus Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) caffer Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) capicola Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) flavolineatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) galla Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) intermedius (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) servillianus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sobrinus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) testudinarius Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus amplicornis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus frater Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus pescheti Omer-Cooper, 1931
Hydrovatus validicornis Régimbart, 1895
Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833
Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus adspersus Boheman, 1848
Laccophilus concisus Guignot, 1953
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus continentalis Gschwendtner, 1935
Laccophilus cyclopis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus flaveolus Régimbart, 1906
Laccophilus lineatus Aubé, 1838
Laccophilus pallescens Régimbart, 1903
Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus simplicistriatus Gschwendtner, 1932
Laccophilus vermiculosus Gerstaecker, 1867
Neptosternus africanus Peschet, 1917
Neptosternus ornatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Neptosternus tropicus Guignot, 1954
Peschetius carinipennis Régimbart, 1895
Philaccolus lineatoguttatus Régimbart, 1894
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833
Tikoloshanes eretiformis Omer-Cooper, 1956
Uvarus peringueyi Régimbart, 1895
Yola babaulti Peschet, 1921
Yola dilatata Régimbart, 1906
Yola dohrni Sharp, 1882
Yola grandicollis Peschet, 1921
Yola natalensis Régimbart, 1894
Yola peringueyi Guignot, 1942
Yola subopaca Régimbart, 1895
Yola swierstrai Gschwendtner, 1935
Yola tuberculata Régimbart, 1895
Yolina elegantula Boheman, 1848

Subnodes of Dytiscidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyAgabinae
Thomson, 1867
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
4
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
13
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
4
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)
Dytiscidae (Leach 1815)


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