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Checklist for Superfamily Dytiscoidea Leach, 1815
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
98
3984
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
408
1848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
44
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
2 Families width 167 Species and 1 Subspecies
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles155SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae (C. G. Thomson, 1860)Burrowing water beetle12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Africa
44 Genera with 167 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNPRSTUVY
Africodytes Biström, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Africophilus Guignot, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Bidessus Sharp, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Canthydrus Sharp, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Celina Aubé, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 195014SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 192815SpeciesTaxom
Deronectes Sharp, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Derovatellus Sharp, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Desmopachria Babington, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Graptodytes Seidlitz, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Heterhydrus Fairmaire, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 189517SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocanthus Say, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 19639SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 196131SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 19427SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 188914SpeciesTaxom
Leiodytes Guignot, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Megadytes Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Methles Sharp, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Neobidessus Young, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Neohydrocoptus Sato, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Neptosternus Sharp, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Notomicrus Sharp, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Pachydrus Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Peschetius Guignot, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Philodytes Balfour-Browne, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Prodaticus Sharp, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Pseuduvarus Biström, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Rhantaticus Sharp, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Synchortus Sharp, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 19395SpeciesTaxom
Vatellus Aubé, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Yola des Gozis, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Yolina Guignot, 19872SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
167 Species and 1 Subspecies
Africodytes rubromaculatus Biström, 1988
Africophilus cesii Sanfilippo &..., 1988
Africophilus differens Omer-Cooper, 1969
Agabus corticeus ♰ Lomnicki, 1894
Bidessus glabrescens Biström, 1983
Bidessus pergranulum Biström, 1985
Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
Bidessus sodalis Guignot, 1939Rocky Mountain cliff fern
Bidessus straeleni Omer-Cooper, 1974
Bidessus toumodiensis Guignot, 1939Rocky Mountain cliff fern
Canthydrus (Canthydrus) koppi Wehncke, 1883Buffalobur
Canthydrus (Canthydrus) notula Erichson, 1843
Canthydrus (Canthydrus) xanthinus Régimbart, 1895
Celina hubbelli Young, 1979
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) bedeli Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus ateles Guignot, 1955
Copelatus bottegoi Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus caelatipennis Aubé, 1838Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus carinatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus crassus Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus debilis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Copelatus ipiformis Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus macellus Guignot, 1950Miller Canyon woodlandsnail
Copelatus nigrostriatus Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus nodieri Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus pulchellus Klug, 1834
Copelatus sylvaticus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Copelatus togoensis Régimbart, 1895
Copelatus tostus J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Cybister (Cybister) buqueti Aubé, 1838
Cybister (Cybister) gschwendtneri Guignot, 1935
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) griphodes Guignot, 1942
Cybister (Melanectes) modestus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Cybister (Melanectes) owas Laporte, 1835
Cybister (Melanectes) smaragdinus Régimbart, 1895
Cybister (Melanectes) vicinus Zimmermann, 1917
Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Gyretes vulneratus Dejean, 1836
Cybister (Neocybister) festae Griffini, 1895
Cybister immarginatus Fabricius, 1798
Cybister nigroolivaceus (Zimmermann, 1928)⇒ Cybister smaragdinus Régimbart, 1895
Deronectes opatrinus Germar, 1824
Derovatellus assinicus Régimbart, 1889
Derovatellus regimbarti Guignot, 1936Plummer's cliff fern
Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781
Herophydrus nodieri Régimbart, 1895
Heterhydrus ghanensis Wewalka, 1980
Heterhydrus senegalensis Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Guignotites) leander (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) arcuatus Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bivittatus Laporte, 1835
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dorsiger Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) exclamationis Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) flavolineatus Boheman, 1848
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) humeralis Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) lativittis Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) matruelis Clark, 1864
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) mocquerysi Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) musivus Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) platamboides Régimbart, 1889
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) poecilus Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) servillianus Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) severini Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) speciosus (Régimbart, 1895)⇒ Thermonectus marmoratus Gray, 1831
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) testudinarius Régimbart, 1895
Hydrocanthus (Hydrocanthus) marmoratus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrocanthus (Sternocanthus) adrasus Guignot, 1950
Hydrocanthus (Sternocanthus) colini Zimmermann, 1926
Hydrocanthus (Sternocanthus) grandis Laporte, 1835
Hydrocanthus (Sternocanthus) micans Wehncke, 1883
Hydroglyphus angularis Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus confusus Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus dakarensis Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus flavoguttatus Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus geminodes Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus intermedius Biström, 1986
Hydroglyphus koppi Régimbart, 1895
Hydroglyphus signatellus Klug, 1834
Hydroglyphus speculum Bruneau de M..., 1963
Hydrovatus abraeoides Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859Predaceous diving beetle
Hydrovatus antennatus Peschet, 1924
Hydrovatus aristidis Leprieur, 1879
Hydrovatus balneator Guignot, 1954
Hydrovatus baptus Guignot, 1954
Hydrovatus brevipilis Guignot, 1942
Hydrovatus cribratus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus facetus Guignot, 1942
Hydrovatus ferrugineus (Zimmermann, 1920)⇒ Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
Hydrovatus gabonicus Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus guignotianus Guignot, 1959
Hydrovatus hamatus Guignot, 1950Miller Canyon woodlandsnail
Hydrovatus humilis (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859
Hydrovatus insolitus Guignot, 1948
Hydrovatus ischyrus Guignot, 1954
Hydrovatus nephodes Guignot, 1953
Hydrovatus nigricans Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hydrovatus nilssoni Biström, 1997
Hydrovatus nimbaensis Guignot, 1954
Hydrovatus oblongipennis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus occidentalis (Guignot, 1949)⇒ Hydrovatus antennatus Peschet, 1924
Hydrovatus parallelipennis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus parvulus Régimbart, 1900
Hydrovatus perssoni Biström & Ni..., 1997
Hydrovatus regimbarti Zimmermann, 1919Florida Mountain woodlandsnail
Hydrovatus reticuliceps Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus rocchii Biström, 1997
Hydrovatus senegalensis Régimbart, 1895
Hydrovatus suturalis Bilardo & Pe..., 1978
Hydrovatus tristis Guignot, 1961
Hyphydrus alluaudi Régimbart, 1889
Hyphydrus cycloides Régimbart, 1889
Hyphydrus flaviceps Zimmermann, 1926
Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833
Hyphydrus maculatus Babington, 1841
Hyphydrus parvicollis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hyphydrus stipator Guignot, 1942
Laccophilus congener Omer-Cooper, 1957
Laccophilus espanyoli Hernando, 1990
Laccophilus inobservatus Biström, Nil..., 2015
Laccophilus inornatus Zimmermann, 1926
Laccophilus laeticulus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus leonensis Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus modestus Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus nodieri Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus occidentalis Biström, Nil..., 2015
Laccophilus persimilis Régimbart, 1895
Laccophilus propinquus Omer-Cooper, 1958
Laccophilus remex Guignot, 1952Chain fern
Laccophilus restrictus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Laccophilus pictipennis Sharp, 1882
Laccophilus taeniolatus Régimbart, 1889
Leiodytes demoulini Guignot, 1955
Leiodytes hieroglyphicus Régimbart, 1894
Leiodytes regimbarti Guignot, 1936
Methles cribratellus Fairmaire, 1880
Neobidessus obtusus Sharp, 1882
Neohydrocoptus koppi Wehncke, 1883
Neptosternus compsus Guignot, 1953
Neptosternus pumicatus Guignot, 1949
Notomicrus sharpi J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Peschetius nigeriensis Omer-Cooper, 1970
Philodytes umbrinus Motschulsky, 1855
Prodaticus leander Rossi, 1790
Pseuduvarus vitticollis Boheman, 1848
Rhantaticus congestus Klug, 1833
Rhantus (Rhantus) calidus Fabricius, 1792
Synchortus imbricatus Klug, 1853
Synchortus simplex (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Synchortus imbricatus Klug, 1853
Thermonectus basillaris Harris, 1829
Thermonectus circumscriptus Latreille, 1809Cancellate semele
Thermonectus succinctus Aubé, 1838
Uvarus angustulus Biström, 1988
Uvarus baoulicus Guignot, 1939
Uvarus lutarius Guignot, 1939
Uvarus retiarius Guignot, 1939
Uvarus satyrus Guignot, 1939
Yola alluaudi Peschet, 1925
Yola cuspis Bilardo & Pe..., 1978
Yola enigmatica Omer-Cooper, 1954
Yola mocquerysi Régimbart, 1894
Yola nigrosignata Régimbart, 1895
Yola tuberculata Régimbart, 1895
Yolina chopardi Guignot, 1950
Yolina libera Biström, 1987

Subnodes of Dytiscoidea with occurrences in West Africa
FamilyDytiscidae
Leach, 1815
Diving beetles, predaceous diving beetle, Predaceous diving beetles, Predacious diving beetles, Water tigers
39
155
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNoteridae
C. G. Thomson, 1860
burrowing water beetle, Burrowing water beetles, Diving Beetle, Diving beetles, Noterids
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom