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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
875
10955
41973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
870
10944
41952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
773
10646
41239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
450
8573
35567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
124
2792
11510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
108
2454
9924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
501
2698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
3
40
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
38
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
38 Genera with 212 Species
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Anacaena Thomson, 18296SpeciesTaxom
Aposphinctus Bode, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 18087SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 187432SpeciesTaxom
Chaetarthria Stephens, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Crenitis Bedel, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Cymbiodyta Bedel, 17923SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1792Feather-legged Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtocercyon Ganglbauer, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 187213SpeciesTaxom
Escheria Heer, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Georissites Laporte, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Georissus Latreille, 1956Minute mud-loving beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Helophorus Fabricius, 186255SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiites Heer, 19397SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiomorpha Blackburn, 20136SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobius Leach, 18297SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1847Water Scavenger Beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 18449SpeciesTaxom
Hydroicetes Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilopsis Heer, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1847Giant Water Scavenger Beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Hydrous Dahl, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 187718SpeciesTaxom
Limnohydrobius Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Megasternum Mulsant, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Mesosperchus Ponomarenko, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Pachysternum Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Spercheus Kugelann, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocantharis Bode, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Steropoides Kirby, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Zetemenos Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
212 Species and 2 Subspecies
Anacaena bipustulata Marsham, 1802
Anacaena globula Paykull, 1798
Anacaena globulus Paykull, 1798
Anacaena limbata Fabricius, 1792
Anacaena lutescens Stephens, 1829
Aposphinctus conservatus A. Bode, 1953
Aposphinctus rotundatus Bode, 1953
Aposphinctus striatus A. Bode, 1953
Berosus (Berosus) luridus Linnaeus, 1761
Berosus (Berosus) morticinus C. von Heyden, 1866
Berosus (Berosus) signaticollis Charpentier, 1825
Berosus (Enoplurus) frontifoveatus Kuwert, 1888
Berosus (Enoplurus) fulvus Kuwert, 1888
Berosus (Enoplurus) spinosus Steven, 1808
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) pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) renneri Hebauer, 1997
Cercyon (Cercyon) sternalis Sharp, 1918
Cercyon (Cercyon) subsulcatus (Rey, 1885)⇒ 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 (Dicytocercyon) ustulatus Preyssler, 1790
Cercyon (Paracercyon) analis Paykull, 1798Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracycreon) analis Paykull, 1798
Cercyon (Paracycreon) laminatus Sharp, 1873Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon castaneipennis Vorst, 2009
Cercyon lugubris (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Cercyon convexiusculus Stephens, 1829
Cercyon olibrus Sharp, 1874
Chaetarthria seminulum Herbst, 1797
Chaetarthria similis Wollaston, 1864
Chaetarthria simillima Vorst & Cuppen, 2003
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) orbiculare Fabricius, 1775
Crenitis (Crenitis) punctatostriata Letzner, 1840
Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann, 1794
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Cymbiodyta austera Statz, 1939
Cymbiodyta austerus G. Statz, 1939
Cymbiodyta marginella Fabricius, 1792
Dactylosternum abdominale Fabricius, 1792Water scavenger beetle
Enochrus (Enochrus) melanocephalus Olivier, 1792
Enochrus (Lumetus) bicolor (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Enochrus melanocephalus Olivier, 1792
Enochrus (Lumetus) fuscipennis Thomson, 1884
Enochrus (Lumetus) halophilus Bedel, 1878
Enochrus (Lumetus) hamifer Ganglbauer, 1901
Enochrus (Lumetus) hamiltoni Horn, 1890
Enochrus (Lumetus) ochropterus Marsham, 1802
Enochrus (Lumetus) quadripunctatus Herbst, 1797
Enochrus (Lumetus) testaceus Fabricius, 1801
Enochrus (Methydrus) affinis Thunberg, 1794
Enochrus (Methydrus) coarctatus Gredler, 1863
Enochrus (Methydrus) nigritus Sharp, 1872
Escheria bella O. Heer, 1862
Escheria ovalis Heer, 1847
Georissites magnus Haupt, 1956
Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus Rossi, 1794
Georissus (Neogeorissus) laesicollis Germar, 1831
Georissus magnus H. Haupt, 1956
Helochares (Helochares) lividus Forster, 1771
Helochares (Helochares) obscurus O. F. Muller, 1776
Helochares (Helochares) punctatus Sharp, 1869
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) 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 (Gephelophorus) sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860Siberian water scavenger beetle
Helophorus (Helophorus) aequalis C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Helophorus) aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758Beetle
Helophorus (Helophorus) asperatus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Helophorus) croaticus Kuwert, 1886
Helophorus (Helophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Helophorus) flavipes Fabricius, 1792
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) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Helophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus (Helophorus) obscurus Mulsant, 1844
Helophorus (Helophorus) paraminutus Angus, 1986
Helophorus (Helophorus) pumilio Erichson, 1837
Helophorus (Helophorus) strigifrons C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Kyphohelophorus) tuberculatus Gyllenhal, 1808
Helophorus (Meghelophorus) aequalis C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Meghelophorus) aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Helophorus (Meghelophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798
Helophorus (Orphelophorus) obscurellus Poppius, 1907
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) asperatus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus brevipalpis brevipalpis
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) croaticus Kuwert, 1886
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) flavipes Fbricius, 1792
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) fulgidicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) glacialis A.Villa & G...., 1833
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) granularis Linnaeus, 1761
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) griseus Herbst, 1793
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lapponicus C.G. Thomson, 1853
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) laticollis C.G. Thomson, 1853New Forest Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lecontei Knisch, 1924Powell's amaranth
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) nivalis (Thomson, 1853)⇒ Helophorus glacialis A. Villa & G..., 1883
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) obscurus (Mulsant, 1844)⇒ Helophorus lecontei Knisch, 1924
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) paraminutus Angus, 1984
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) pumilio Erichson, 1837
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) redtenbacheri Kuwert, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) strigifrons Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) villosus Duftschmid, 1805
Helophorus costulatus Kuwert, 1887
Helophorus exilis Heer, 1862
Helophorus magnus Heer, 1862
Hydrobiites bellus O. Heer, 1865
Hydrobiites byrrhoides Geinitz, 1894
Hydrobiites divergens Geinitz, 1894
Hydrobiites dobbertinensides Newton, 2017
Hydrobiites dobbertinensis A. Handlirsch, 1939
Hydrobiites dubius Geinitz, 1894
Hydrobiites punctatostriatus A. Handlirsch, 1939
Hydrobiomorpha braunii O. Heer, 1862
Hydrobiomorpha enspelense Wedmann, 2000
Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis Fikacek & al., 2010
Hydrobiomorpha fraterna C. von Heyden, 1859
Hydrobiomorpha heeri M. Fikacek, 2013
Hydrobius convexus Brullé, 1835
Hydrobius couloni O. Heer, 1862
Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrobius godeti Heer, 1862
Hydrobius rottenbergii (Gerhardt, 1872)⇒ Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrobius subrotundus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758Lesser silver water beetle
Hydrochara flavipes Steven, 1808
Hydrochara kuntzeni Zeuner, 1931
Hydrochara noachica O. Heer, 1847
Hydrochus angustatus Germar, 1824
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 ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Hydrochus megaphallus Berge Henego..., 1988
Hydrochus nitidicollis Mulsant, 1844Gravel Water Beetle
Hydroicetes affictus A. Bode, 1953
Hydrophilopsis elongata O. Heer, 1862
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) aterrimus Eschscholtz, 1822
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) piceus Linnaeus, 1758Great silver beetle
Hydrophilus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrophilus giganteus Heer, 1862
Hydrophilus kuntzeni F. E. Zeuner, 1931
Hydrophilus rottensis G. Statz, 1939
Hydrophilus spectabilis O. Heer, 1862
Hydrophilus stenopterus O. Heer, 1862
Hydrophilus vexatorius O. Heer, 1847
Hydrous ebeninus G. Statz, 1939
Hydrous ovalis O. Heer, 1862
Hydrous piceus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hydrophilus piceus Linnaeus, 1758
Laccobius (Compsolaccobius) decorus Gyllenhal, 1827
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) albescens Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) atratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Laccobius colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) neapolitanus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) obscuratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius sinuatus sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) striatulus Fabricius, 1801
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) ytenensis Sharp, 1910
Laccobius (Laccobius) colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Laccobius) minutus C. Linnaeus, 1758
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) alternus Motschulsky, 1855
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) gracilis (Motschulsky, 1855)⇒ Laccobius alternus Motschulsky, 1855
Laccobius alutaceus Thomson, 1868
Laccobius biguttatus (Gerhardt, 1877)⇒ Laccobius colon Stephens, 1829
Limnohydrobius convexus Brullé, 1835
Limnoxenus niger Gmelin, 1790
Limnoxenus zealandicus Broun, 1880
Megasternum boletophagum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum immaculatum Stephens, 1829
Megasternum obscurum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Mesosperchus schultzi A. G. Ponoma..., 1985
Pachysternum capense Mulsant, 1844
Paracymus aeneus (Germar, 1824)⇒ Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Paracymus excitatus C. von Heyden, 1866
Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Spercheus emarginatus Schaller, 1783
Sphaeridium bipustulatum (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792Mougeot's amphidium moss
Sphaeridium marginatum (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Sphaerocantharis defossa A. Bode, 1953
Sphaerocantharis striata Bode, 1953
Sphaerocantharis striatus A. Bode, 1953
Steropoides parthenope O. Heer, 1849
Zetemenos sexlineatus A. Bode, 1953

Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Germany
SubfamilyGeorissinae
Laporte, 1840
Minute Mud-loving Beetles
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHelophorinae
Leach, 1815
2
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrochinae
Thomson, 1859
1
8
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrophilinae
Latreille, 1802
14
77
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySpercherinae
Erichson, 1837
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySphaeridiinae
Latreille, 1802
8
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802)


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