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Checklist of Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
for British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
865
12017
42756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
862
12007
42740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
783
11731
42132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
476
9634
37092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
127
2919
9678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
112
2570
8206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
12
549
2673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
3
34
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
32
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
32 Genera with 222 Species
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Ametor Semenov, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Anacaena Thomson, 18295SpeciesTaxom
Anchialus Gistel, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 201917SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 187427SpeciesTaxom
Chaetarthria Stephens, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Coccinellophana Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Cymbiodyta Bedel, 19246SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1792Feather-legged Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 198119SpeciesTaxom
Georissus Latreille, 1852Minute mud-loving beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 18718SpeciesTaxom
Helocombus Horn, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Helophorus Fabricius, 185658SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiites Heer, 18565SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiomorpha Blackburn, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobius Leach, 18294SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 2019Water Scavenger Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 199913SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1823Giant Water Scavenger Beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporopsis Handlirsch, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 193215SpeciesTaxom
Limnohydrobius Reitter, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Megasternum Mulsant, 18294SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 18255SpeciesTaxom
Pelosoma Mulsant, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Spercheus Kugelann, 20194SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 07SpeciesTaxom
Tropisternus Solier, 1938water scavenger beetle4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
222 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ametor scabrosus Horn, 1873
Anacaena bipustulata Marsham, 1802
Anacaena globula Paykull, 1798
Anacaena globulus Paykull, 1798
Anacaena limbata Fabricius, 1792
Anacaena lutescens Stephens, 1829
Anchialus agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Anchialina agilis Sars G.O., 1877
Berosus (Berosus) affinis Brullé, 1835
Berosus (Berosus) duplopunctatus Blackburn, 1888
Berosus (Berosus) exiguus Say, 1825
Berosus (Berosus) fraternus LeConte, 1855Calabura
Berosus (Berosus) geminus Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Berosus (Berosus) infuscatus LeConte, 1855Calabura
Berosus (Berosus) involutus W.J. Macleay, 1871
Berosus (Berosus) luridus Linnaeus, 1761
Berosus (Berosus) peregrinus Herbst, 1797
Berosus (Berosus) sayi Hansen, 1999
Berosus (Berosus) signaticollis Charpentier, 1825
Berosus (Enoplurus) fulvus Kuwert, 1888
Berosus (Enoplurus) majusculus Blackburn, 1888
Berosus (Enoplurus) punctatissimus LeConte, 1855Calabura
Berosus (Enoplurus) spinosus Steven, 1808
Berosus (Enoplurus) veronicae Watts, 1987
Berosus barclayi Ponomarenko ..., 2019
Cercyon (Cercyon) alpinus Vogt, 1969
Cercyon (Cercyon) atricapillus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) bifenestratus K?ster, 1851
Cercyon (Cercyon) convexiusculus Stephens, 1829Jumping-bean sapium
Cercyon (Cercyon) depressus Stephens, 1829Jumping-bean sapium
Cercyon (Cercyon) granarius Erichson, 1837
Cercyon (Cercyon) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Cercyon impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) laminatus Sharp, 1873
Cercyon (Cercyon) lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) littoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) marinus Thomson, 1853
Cercyon (Cercyon) melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) praetextatus Say, 1825
Cercyon (Cercyon) pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) sternalis Sharp, 1918
Cercyon (Cercyon) terminatus Marsham, 1802Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) tristis (Illiger, 1801)⇒ Cercyon obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) unipunctatus Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Dicyrtocercyon) ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Paracercyon) analis Paykull, 1798Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracycreon) laminatus Sharp, 1873Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon lugubris (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Cercyon convexiusculus Stephens, 1829
Cercyon olibrus Sharp, 1874
Chaetarthria seminulum Herbst, 1797
Chaetarthria simillima Vorst & Cuppen, 2003
Coccinellophana murchisoni A. Handlirsch, 1906
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) orbiculare Fabricius, 1775
Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann, 1794
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Cymbiodyta blanchardi Horn, 1890Pumpwood
Cymbiodyta marginella Fabricius, 1792
Cymbiodyta marginellus Fabricius, 1792
Cymbiodyta semistriata Zimmermann, 1869
Cymbiodyta vindicata Fall, 1924Muehlenbeck's bryum moss
Dactylosternum abdominale Fabricius, 1792Water scavenger beetle
Enochrus (Enochrus) melanocephalus Olivier, 1792
Enochrus (Lumetus) ater Kuwert, 1888
Enochrus (Lumetus) bicolor (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Enochrus melanocephalus Olivier, 1792
Enochrus (Lumetus) fuscipennis Thomson, 1884
Enochrus (Lumetus) halophilus Bedel, 1878
Enochrus (Lumetus) ochropterus Marsham, 1802
Enochrus (Lumetus) quadripunctatus Herbst, 1797
Enochrus (Lumetus) testaceus Fabricius, 1801
Enochrus (Methydrus) affinis Thunberg, 1794
Enochrus (Methydrus) blatchleyi Fall, 1924
Enochrus (Methydrus) cinctus Say, 1824
Enochrus (Methydrus) coarctatus Gredler, 1863
Enochrus (Methydrus) eyrensis Blackburn, 1895
Enochrus (Methydrus) fimbriatus Melsheimer, 1844
Enochrus (Methydrus) nigritus Sharp, 1872
Enochrus (Methydrus) ochraceus Melsheimer, 1844
Enochrus (Methydrus) samae Watts, 1998
Enochrus (Methydrus) sayi Gundersen, 1977Water scavenger beetle
Enochrus isotae (Hebauer, 1981)⇒ Enochrus nigritus Sharp, 1872
Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus Rossi, 1794
Georissus (Neogeorissus) laesicollis Germar, 1831
Georissus pusillus LeConte, 1852
Helochares (Helochares) lividus Forster, 1771
Helochares (Helochares) maculicollis Mulsant, 1844
Helochares (Helochares) normatus LeConte, 1861
Helochares (Helochares) obscurus O. F. Muller, 1776
Helochares (Helochares) punctatus Sharp, 1869
Helochares (Hydrobaticus) percyi Watts, 1995
Helochares (Hydrobaticus) tristis W.J. Macleay, 1871
Helocombus bifidus LeConte, 1855
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus (Atracthelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Atracthelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus (Cyphelophorus) tuberculatus Gyllenhall, 1808
Helophorus (Empleurus) nubilus Fabricius, 1776Wheat Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Empleurus) porculus Bedel, 1881Turnip mud beetle
Helophorus (Empleurus) rufipes Bosc, 1791Turnip Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Eutrichelophorus) micans Faldermann, 1853
Helophorus (Helophorus) aequalis C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Helophorus) aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758Beetle
Helophorus (Helophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Helophorus) flavipes Fabricius, 1792
Helophorus (Helophorus) fulgidicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Helophorus (Helophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Helophorus (Helophorus) granularis Linnaeus, 1761
Helophorus (Helophorus) griseus Herbst, 1793
Helophorus (Helophorus) laticollis C.G. Thomson, 1854
Helophorus (Helophorus) liguricus Angus, 1970
Helophorus (Helophorus) longitarsis Wollaston, 1864
Helophorus (Helophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Helophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus (Helophorus) obscurus Mulsant, 1844
Helophorus (Helophorus) strigifrons C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Kyphohelophorus) tuberculatus Gyllenhal, 1808
Helophorus (Megahelophorus) aequalis Thomson, C.G., 1868
Helophorus (Megahelophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus brevipalpis brevipalpis
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) discrepans Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) flavipes Fbricius, 1792
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) fulgidicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) granularis Linnaeus, 1761
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) griseus Herbst, 1793
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) illustris Sharp, 1916
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lacustris LeConte, 1850
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) laticollis C.G. Thomson, 1853New Forest Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lecontei Knisch, 1924Powell's amaranth
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) linearis (LeConte, 1855)⇒ Helophorus nubilus Fabricius, 1776
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lineatus Say, 1823
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) longitarsis Wollaston, 1864
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) marginicollis Smetana, 1985
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) montenegrinus (Kuwert, 1885)⇒ Helophorus brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) obscurus (Mulsant, 1844)⇒ Helophorus lecontei Knisch, 1924
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) orientalis Motschulsky, 1860
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) paraminutus Angus, 1984
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) redtenbacheri Kuwert, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) sempervarians Angus, 1970
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) strigifrons Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) villosus Duftschmid, 1805
Helophorus (Trichelophorus) alternans Géné, 1836
Helophorus (Trichohelophorus) alternans Géné, 1836
Helophorus antiquus Giebel, 1856
Helophorus brodiei Giebel, 1856
Hydrobiites andraei Giebel, 1856
Hydrobiites anglicus A. Handlirsch, 1906
Hydrobiites giebeli Handlirsch, 1906
Hydrobiites liasinus Giebel, 1856
Hydrobiites purbeccensis Giebel, 1856
Hydrobiomorpha (Hydrobiomorpha) casta Say, 1835
Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrobius melaenus Germar, 1824
Hydrobius subrotundus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758Lesser silver water beetle
Hydrochara woodwardi Ponomarenko ..., 2019
Hydrochus angustatus Germar, 1824
Hydrochus australis Motschulsky, 1860
Hydrochus brevis Herbst, 1793
Hydrochus carinatus (Germar, 1824)⇒ Hydrochus crenatus Fabricius, 1792
Hydrochus crenatus Fabricius, 1792
Hydrochus elongatus (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Hydrochus flavipennis (Kuester, 1852)⇒ Hydrochus nitidicollis Mulsant, 1844
Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Hydrochus megaphallus Berge Henego..., 1988
Hydrochus multicolor Lea, 1926
Hydrochus nitidicollis Mulsant, 1844Gravel Water Beetle
Hydrochus umbratilis Watts, 1999
Hydrophilus (Dibolocelus) ovatus (Gemminger & ..., 1868)⇒ Dibolocelus ovalis Ziegler, 1844
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) albipes Laporte de C..., 1840
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) aterrimus Eschscholtz, 1822
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) latipalpus Castelnau, 1840Large water beetle
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) piceus Linnaeus, 1758Great silver beetle
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) triangularis Say, 1823Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydroporopsis neptuni Giebel, 1856
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) atratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) atrocephalus (Reitter, 1872)⇒ Laccobius ytenensis Sharp, 1910
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Laccobius colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) obscuratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) sculptus Orchymont, 1935
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) simulatrix d´Orchymont, 1932
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) striatulus Fabricius, 1801
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) syriacus Guillebeau, 1896
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) ytenensis Sharp, 1910
Laccobius (Laccobius) agilis Randall, 1838
Laccobius (Laccobius) colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Laccobius) minutoides Orchymont, 1942
Laccobius (Laccobius) minutus C. Linnaeus, 1758
Laccobius simulator d´Orchymont, 1932
Limnohydrobius melaenus Germar, 1823
Limnoxenus niger Gmelin, 1790
Limnoxenus sjostedti Knisch, 1924
Limnoxenus zealandicus Broun, 1880
Megasternum boletophagum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum immaculatum Stephens, 1829
Paracymus aeneus (Germar, 1824)⇒ Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Paracymus pygmaeus MacLeay, 1871
Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Paracymus subcupreus Say, 1825
Pelosoma lafertei Mulsant, 1844
Spercheus emarginatus Schaller, 1783
Spercheus punctatus Ponomarenko, 2019
Spercheus wightensis Ponomarenko, 2019
Sphaeridium bipustulatum (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium caffrum Laporte, 1840
Sphaeridium candidum
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792Mougeot's amphidium moss
Sphaeridium marginatum (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Sphaeridium sylvestris
Tropisternus (Strepitornus) collaris Fabricius, 1775
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) lateralis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Tropisternus glaber Herbst, 1797
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) mixtus LeConte, 1855
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) natator Orchymont, 1938

Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in British Isles
SubfamilyGeorissinae
Laporte, 1840
Minute Mud-loving Beetles
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHelophorinae
Leach, 1815
1
57
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrochinae
Thomson, 1859
1
12
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrophilinae
Latreille, 1802
16
95
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySpercherinae
Erichson, 1837
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySphaeridiinae
Latreille, 1802
7
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802)


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