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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
77
1799
4593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
259
987
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
24
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, Predaceous diving beetle, Water tigers
21
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
21 Genera with 50 Species
#BCDEGHLPRUY
Bidessus Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 17988SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Graphoderus Dejean, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18646SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18676SpeciesTaxom
Lancetes Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Leiodytes Guignot, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Platambus C.G. Thomson, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Rhantaticus Sharp, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Yolina Guignot, 18481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
50 Species and 1 Subspecies
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) meridionalis Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Copelatus obtusus (Boheman, 1848)⇒ Copelatus pulchellus Klug, 1834
Copelatus pulchellus Klug, 1834
Copelatus striatulus Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Cybister) gschwendtneri Guignot, 1935
Cybister (Cybister) guignoti Gschwendtner, 1936Plummer's cliff fern
Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838
Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Melanectes) owas Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Melanectes) vicinus Zimmermann, 1917
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Cybister immarginatus Fabricius, 1798
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Herophydrus gigas Régimbart, 1895
Herophydrus ignoratus Gschwendtner, 1933
Herophydrus inquinatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bivittatus Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) caffer Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dregei Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) intermedius (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Graphoderus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) matruelis Clark, 1864
Hydroglyphus flumineus Omer-Cooper, 1959
Hydroglyphus geminodes Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus infirmus Boheman, 1848
Hydrovatus difformis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus nefandus Omer-Cooper, 1957
Hyphydrus caffer Boheman, 1848
Hyphydrus cycloides Régimbart, 1889
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hyphydrus spangleri Biström, 1985
Laccophilus adspersus Boheman, 1848
Laccophilus ampliatus (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus pellucidus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Laccophilus taeniolatus Régimbart, 1889
Laccophilus vermiculosus Gerstaecker, 1867
Leiodytes australis Biström, 1987
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833
Uvarus peringueyi Régimbart, 1895
Yola grandicollis Peschet, 1921
Yola peringueyi Guignot, 1942
Yola tuberculata Régimbart, 1895
Yolina elegantula Boheman, 1848

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

Taxom

SubfamilyCopelatinae
Van den Branden, 1885
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCybistrinae
Sharp, 1880
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDytiscinae
Leach, 1815
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydroporinae
Aubé, 1836
12
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaccophilinae
Gistel, 1856
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLancetinae
Branden, 1885
1
0
Genus
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