Checklist of Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1925
3869 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 47
656
1472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 43
535
1141 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 7
73
181 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids | 1
19
66 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles | 19
66 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Botswana
19 Genera with 66 Species | Agraphydrus Régimbart, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allocotocerus Kraatz, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amphiops Erichson, 1995 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Berosus Leach, 1948 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Cercyon Leach, 1997 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Coelostoma Brullé, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crephelochares Kuwert, 1939 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Enochrus Thomson, 1924 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Helochares Mulsant, 1936 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrochara Berthold, 1851 | Water Scavenger Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophilus Müller, 1835 | Giant Water Scavenger Beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laccobius Erichson, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paracymus Thomson, 1954 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Peltochares Régimbart, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Regimbartia Zaitzev, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spercheus Kugelann, 1832 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeridium Fabricius, 1840 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sternolophus Solier, 2017 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thysanarthria d´Orchymont, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
66 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agraphydrus (Agraphydrus) coomani Orchymont, 1927 | | | Agraphydrus albescens Régimbart, 1903 | | | Allocotocerus simplex Régimbart, 1906 | | | Amphiops lasioides Régimbart, 1903 | | | Amphiops senegalensis Laporte, 1840 | | | Amphiops uhligi Hebauer, 1995 | | | Berosus corrugatus Régimbart, 1906 | | | Berosus cribrosus Fairmaire, 1897 | | | Berosus cuspidatus Erichson, 1843 | | | Berosus dunguensis Schödl, 1994 | | | Berosus furcatus Boheman, 1851 | | | Berosus gebieni Knisch, 1922 | | | Berosus hammondi Schödl, 1994 | | | Berosus kalahariensis Orchymont, 1936 | | | Berosus punctulatus (Boheman, 1851) | ⇒ Berosus infuscatus LeConte, 1855 | | Berosus rubiginosus Kuwert, 1890 | | | Berosus ugandanus J.Balfour-Br..., 1948 | | | Cercyon (Cercyon) atricapillus (Marsham, 1802) | ⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802 | | Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps Marsham, 1802 | | | Cercyon (Cercyon) putricola Wollaston, 1867 | | | Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761 | Water scavenger beetle | | Cercyon dieganus Régimbart, 1903 | | | Cercyon hova Régimbart, 1903 | | | Cercyon luteus Orchymont, 1942 | | | Cercyon marshalli Knisch, 1924 | | | Cercyon martialis Hebauer, 1997 | | | Coelostoma ealanum Orchymont, 1941 | | | Coelostoma picturatum Orchymont, 1936 | | | Coelostoma rufitarse Boheman, 1851 | | | Crephelochares africanus Orchymont, 1937 | | | Crephelochares lycetus Orchymont, 1939 | | | Crephelochares rutiloides Orchymont, 1939 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) circumductus Régimbart, 1905 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) hesperidum Sharp, 1870 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) meracus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) natalensis Gemminger & ..., 1868 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) rubidus Knisch, 1924 | | | Helochares blaesus Orchymont, 1936 | | | Helochares bohemani Orchymont, 1936 | | | Helochares coomani (Orchymont, 1927) | ⇒ Agraphydrus coomani Orchymont, 1927 | | Helochares dilutus Erichson, 1843 | | | Helochares dilutus dilutus | | | Helochares itylus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952 | | | Helochares mecarus Orchymont, 1939 | | | Helochares pallens W. S. MacLeay, 1825 | | | Helochares parallelus Hebauer, 1999 | | | Helochares phallicus Orchymont, 1936 | | | Helochares structus Orchymont, 1936 | | | Helochares subtilis Orchymont, 1936 | | | Hydrochara flavipalpis Boheman, 1851 | | | Hydrophilus (Temnopterus) aculeatus Solier, 1834 | | | Hydrophilus senegalensis Percheron, 1835 | | | Laccobius (Microlaccobius) afer Gentili, 1980 | | | Laccobius (Microlaccobius) uhligi Gentili, 1995 | | | Paracymus chalceus Régimbart, 1903 | | | Paracymus pisanus Balfour-Browne, 1954 | | | Peltochares longipalpis Murray, 1859 | | | Regimbartia compressa Boheman, 1851 | | | Regimbartia nilotica Sharp, 1904 | | | Spercheus gerardi Orchymont, 1929 | | | Spercheus senegalensis Laporte, 1832 | | | Sphaeridium eximium Berge Henego..., 1992 | | | Sphaeridium ornatum Boheman, 1851 | | | Sphaeridium senegalense Laporte, 1840 | | | Sternolophus angolensis Erichson, 1843 | | | Sternolophus mandelai Nasserzadeh ..., 2017 | | | Thysanarthria atriceps Régimbart, 1903 | |
Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Botswana
 | | Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802) |
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