Checklist for Superfamily Dytiscoidea Leach, 1815
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
|
List of families for Southern Africa
3 Families width 231 Species and 1 Subspecies
Subnodes of Dytiscoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Aspidytidae
Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002
Cliff water beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, predaceous diving beetle, Predaceous diving beetles, Predacious diving beetles, Water tigers | 58
218 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Noteridae
C. G. Thomson, 1860
burrowing water beetle, Burrowing water beetles, Diving Beetle, Diving beetles, Noterids | 6
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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