Checklist of Superfamily Dytiscoidea Leach, 1815
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
601
752 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 3
95
157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
| 1
13
20 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 20 Species
Genera for Cape Town
13 Genera with 20 Species | Canthyporus Zimmermann, 1965 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Copelatus Erichson, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Darwinhydrus Sharp, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Herophydrus Sharp, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydaticus Leach, 1838 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydropeplus Sharp, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyphydrus Illiger, 1982 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laccophilus Leach, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platambus C.G. Thomson, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Primospes Sharp, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhantus Dejean, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
20 Species | Canthyporus canthydroides Régimbart, 1895 | | | Canthyporus hottentottus Gemminger & ..., 1868 | | | Canthyporus lowryi Omer-Cooper, 1965 | | | Copelatus capensis Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Copelatus erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | | | Darwinhydrus solidus Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Herophydrus obscurus Sharp, 1882 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) caffer Boheman, 1848 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) capicola Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sobrinus Aubé, 1838 | | | Hydroglyphus infirmus Boheman, 1848 | | | Hydropeplus trimaculatus Laporte, 1835 | | | Hydrovatus macrocerus Régimbart, 1895 | | | Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761 | | | Hyphydrus soni Biström, 1982 | | | Laccophilus cyclopis Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Laccophilus lineatus Aubé, 1838 | | | Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003 | | | Primospes suturalis Sharp, 1882 | Grand Junction camissonia | | Rhantus (Rhantus) capensis Aubé, 1838 | |
Subnodes of Dytiscoidea with occurrences in Cape Town
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