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Checklist for Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
97
2270
6137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
89
2077
5313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
9
454
1404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
2
35
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
34
64
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
30 Genera with 64 Species
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Aculomicrus Smetana, 1990
0SpeciesTaxom
Australocyon Hansen, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Chaetarthria Stephens, 19773SpeciesTaxom
Chasmogenus Sharp, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Cycrillum Knisch, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1844Feather-legged Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Deltostethus Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Derallus Sharp, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Dibolocelus Régimbart, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Epimetopus Lacordaire, 20125SpeciesTaxom
Galapagodacnum Orchymont, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 20182SpeciesTaxom
Heteryon Sharp, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 202012SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1902Giant Water Scavenger Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Katasophistes Girón & Short, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Motonerus Hansen, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Novochares Girón & Short, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Omicrus Sharp, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Oosternum Sharp, 19994SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Pelosoma Mulsant, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Phaenonotum Sharp, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Phaenostoma d’Orchymon..., 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Quadriops Hansen, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Troglochares Spangler, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tropisternus Solier, 1922water scavenger beetle8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
64 Species and 3 Subspecies
Australocyon metasternalis M.Hansen, 2003
Berosus festai Knisch, 1925
Chaetarthria andrea Spangler, 1977
Chaetarthria coheni Spangler, 1977
Chaetarthria milleri Spangler, 1977
Chasmogenus cremnobates Spangler, 1979
Chasmogenus rufinasus Knisch, 1924
Coelostoma tina Spangler & S..., 2003
Dactylosternum sublevigatum Mulsant, 1844
Derallus ambitus Orchymont, 1940
Enochrus (Methydrus) obscurus Sharp, 1882
Epimetopus angustus Perkins, 2012
Epimetopus ecuadorensis Perkins, 2012
Epimetopus flavicaptus FikáÄ�ek, Ba..., 2011
Epimetopus inaequalis Perkins, 2012
Epimetopus steineri Perkins, 2012
Galapagodacnum darwini Blair, 1933
Helochares nexus Short & Girón, 2018
Helochares zamora Short & Girón, 2018
Hydrochus argutus Knisch, 1921
Hydrochus armatus Perkins, 2020
Hydrochus bicarinatus Perkins, 2019
Hydrochus bituberculatus Perkins, 2019
Hydrochus choennii Makhan, 1992
Hydrochus hamulus Perkins, 2020
Hydrochus hellmani Perkins, 2019
Hydrochus latipennis Perkins, 2020
Hydrochus lobissimus Perkins, 2020
Hydrochus maximus Perkins, 2020
Hydrochus piroei Makhan, 1992
Hydrochus simplicatus Perkins, 2020
Hydrophilus ensifer (Brullé, 1837)⇒ Hydrophilus ater Gmelin, 1790
Hydrophilus ensifer ensifer
Hydrophilus foveolatus Régimbart, 1901
Hydrophilus guarani Bachmann, 1966
Hydrophilus oberthueri Régimbart, 1902
Katasophistes superficialis Girón & Short, 2018
Motonerus depressus FikáÄ�ek & S..., 2006
Motonerus inca FikáÄ�ek, 2019
Novochares atratus Bruch, 1915
Novochares pichilingue Fernández, 1989
Oosternum aequinoctiale Motschulsky, 1855
Oosternum attenuatum Fikáček, He..., 2009
Oosternum gibbicolle Fikáček, He..., 2009
Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999Water scavenger beetle
Paracymus fuscatus Wooldridge, 1989
Paracymus inconditus Wooldridge, 1989
Paracymus rufocinctus Bruch, 1915
Pelosoma sordidum Sharp, 1882
Phaenonotum caribense Archangelsky, 1989
Quadriops depressus M.Hansen, 1999
Troglochares ashmolei Spangler, 1981
Tropisternus (Pristoternus) baeri Orchymont, 1921
Tropisternus (Pristoternus) robustus Hansen, 1999
Tropisternus robustus robustus
Tropisternus (Strepitornus) collaris Fabricius, 1775
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) lateralis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Tropisternus glaber Herbst, 1797
Tropisternus setiger Germar, 1823
Tropisternus sharpi Orchymont, 1921
Tropisternus sharpi bidentatus Orchymont, 1922

Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Ecuador
SubfamilyEpimetopinae
Zaitzev, 1908
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydrochinae
Thomson, 1859
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydrophilinae
Latreille, 1802
13
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphaeridiinae
Latreille, 1802
14
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802)
Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Hydrophilidae at artfakta.se
Hydrophilidae at dyntaxa.se
Hydrophilidae at gbif.org
Hydrophilidae at irmng.org
Hydrophilidae at itis.gov
Hydrophilidae at marinespecies.org