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Checklist of Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
for Italy (South Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
645
10906
52395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
641
10885
52311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
611
10788
52018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
8825
45480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
114
3046
18535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
2706
15714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
661
5050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
3
33
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
31
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Italy
31 Genera with 212 Species
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Anacaena Thomson, 18967SpeciesTaxom
Anchialus Gistel, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 18088SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 187429SpeciesTaxom
Chaetarthria Stephens, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Chasmogenus Sharp, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Crephelochares Kuwert, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Cymbiodyta Bedel, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1792Feather-legged Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 188918SpeciesTaxom
Georissus Latreille, 1831Minute mud-loving beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 18906SpeciesTaxom
Helophorus Fabricius, 201062SpeciesTaxom
Hemisphaera Pandelle, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobius Leach, 18294SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1808Water Scavenger Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 184412SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1808Giant Water Scavenger Beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Hydrous Dahl, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 193230SpeciesTaxom
Limnohydrobius Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Megasternum Mulsant, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Pachysternum Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Pelosoma Mulsant, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Spercheus Kugelann, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Tropisternus Solier, 1855water scavenger beetle2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Italy
212 Species and 9 Subspecies
Anacaena bipustulata Marsham, 1802
Anacaena globula Paykull, 1798
Anacaena globulus Paykull, 1798
Anacaena limbata Fabricius, 1792
Anacaena lohsei Berge Henego..., 1989
Anacaena lutescens Stephens, 1829
Anacaena rufipes Guillebeau, 1896
Anchialus agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Anchialina agilis Sars G.O., 1877
Berosus (Berosus) affinis Brullé, 1835
Berosus (Berosus) geminus Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Berosus (Berosus) hispanicus Küster, 1847
Berosus (Berosus) luridus Linnaeus, 1761
Berosus (Berosus) signaticollis Charpentier, 1825
Berosus (Enoplurus) bispina Reiche, 1855
Berosus (Enoplurus) jaechi Schödl, 1991
Berosus (Enoplurus) spinosus Steven, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) alpinus Vogt, 1969
Cercyon (Cercyon) arenarius Rey, 1885
Cercyon (Cercyon) atricapillus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) bifenestratus K?ster, 1851
Cercyon (Cercyon) bononiensis Chiesa, 1964
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) inquinatus Wollaston, 1854
Cercyon (Cercyon) lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) litoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) marinus Thomson, 1853
Cercyon (Cercyon) melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) pigmaeus
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) rhomboidalis Perris, 1874
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 (Paracercyon) analis Paykull, 1798Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracycreon) laminatus Sharp, 1873Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon olibrus Sharp, 1874
Chaetarthria seminulum Herbst, 1797
Chaetarthria similis Wollaston, 1864
Chasmogenus livornicus Kuwert, 1890
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) hispanicum Küster, 1848
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) orbiculare Fabricius, 1775
Crephelochares livornicus Kuwert, 1890
Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann, 1794
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Cymbiodyta imbellis LeConte, 1861
Cymbiodyta marginella Fabricius, 1792
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) calabricus Ferro, 1986
Enochrus (Lumetus) concii Chiesa, 1965
Enochrus (Lumetus) falcarius Hebauer, 1991
Enochrus (Lumetus) fuscipennis Thomson, 1884
Enochrus (Lumetus) ochropterus Marsham, 1802
Enochrus (Lumetus) politus Küster, 1849
Enochrus (Lumetus) quadripunctatus Herbst, 1797
Enochrus (Lumetus) testaceus Fabricius, 1801
Enochrus (Methydrus) affinis Thunberg, 1794
Enochrus (Methydrus) coarctatus Gredler, 1863
Enochrus (Methydrus) elongatulus MacLeay, 1871
Enochrus (Methydrus) natalensis Gemminger & ..., 1868
Enochrus (Methydrus) nigritus Sharp, 1872
Enochrus (Methydrus) ragusae Kuwert, 1888
Enochrus ragusai Kuwert, 1889
Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus Rossi, 1794
Georissus (Georissus) substriatus Heer, 1841
Georissus (Neogeorissus) caelatus Erichson, 1847
Georissus (Neogeorissus) costatus Laporte de C..., 1840
Georissus (Neogeorissus) laesicollis Germar, 1831
Helochares (Helochares) lividus Forster, 1771
Helochares (Helochares) nigritulus Kuwert, 1889
Helochares (Helochares) obscurus O. F. Muller, 1776
Helochares griseus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Helochares lividus Forster, 1771
Helochares livornicus (Kuwert, 1890)⇒ Chasmogenus livornicus Kuwert, 1890
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) glacialis A. Villa & G..., 1883
Helophorus (Atractelophorus) nivalis Giraud, 1851
Helophorus (Empleurus) nubilus Fabricius, 1776Wheat Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Empleurus) porculus Bedel, 1881Turnip mud beetle
Helophorus (Empleurus) rufipes Bosc, 1791Turnip Mud Beetle
Helophorus (Empleurus) schmidti Villa, 1838
Helophorus (Helophorus) aequalis C.G. Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Helophorus) aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758Beetle
Helophorus (Helophorus) asperatus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Helophorus) discrepans Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Helophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Helophorus) flavipes Fabricius, 1792
Helophorus (Helophorus) fulgidicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Helophorus (Helophorus) granularis Linnaeus, 1761
Helophorus (Helophorus) griseus Herbst, 1793
Helophorus (Helophorus) illustris Sharp, 1916
Helophorus (Helophorus) liguricus Angus, 1970
Helophorus (Helophorus) longitarsis Wollaston, 1864
Helophorus (Helophorus) maritimus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Helophorus) milleri Kuwert, 1886
Helophorus (Helophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Helophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus (Helophorus) obscurus Mulsant, 1844
Helophorus (Helophorus) pallidipennis
Helophorus (Megalelophorus) aquaticus
Helophorus (Megalelophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798
Helophorus grandis maritimus
Helophorus (Megalelophorus) liguricus Angus, 1970
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) asperatus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) asturiensis Kuwert, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus brevipalpis brevipalpis
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) brevitarsis Kuwert, 1890
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) discrepans Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) dorsalis Marsham, 1802
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) fauveli Ganglbauer, 1901
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) illustris Sharp, 1916
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lacustris LeConte, 1850
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lapponicus C.G. Thomson, 1853
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lecontei Knisch, 1924Powell's amaranth
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) longitarsis Wollaston, 1864
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) montenegrinus (Kuwert, 1885)⇒ Helophorus brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
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) pallidipennis Mulsant & Wa..., 1852
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) redtenbacheri Kuwert, 1885
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) rinki Angus, 1985
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) strigifrons Thomson, 1868
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) subarcuatus Rey, 1885
Helophorus (Trichelophorus) alternans Géné, 1836
Helophorus (Trichohelophorus) alternans Géné, 1836
Helophorus thauma Angus & Toledo, 2010
Hemisphaera seriatopunctata Perris, 1874
Hydrobius convexus Brullé, 1835
Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrobius subrotundus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758Lesser silver water beetle
Hydrochara flavipes Steven, 1808
Hydrochus angustatus Germar, 1824
Hydrochus angustatus 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 flavipennis (Kuester, 1852)⇒ Hydrochus nitidicollis Mulsant, 1844
Hydrochus grandicollis Kiesenwetter, 1870
Hydrochus granicollis Lea, 1926
Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860
Hydrochus nitidicollis Mulsant, 1844Gravel Water Beetle
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) aterrimus Eschscholtz, 1822
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) piceus Linnaeus, 1758Great silver beetle
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) pistaceus Laporte de C..., 1840
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) triangularis Say, 1823Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydrophilus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrophilus flavipes (Steven, 1808)⇒ Hydrochara flavipes Steven, 1808
Hydrous aterrimus (Eschscholtz, 1822)⇒ Hydrophilus aterrimus Eschscholtz, 1822
Hydrous piceus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hydrophilus piceus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydrous pistaceus (Laporte de C..., 1840)⇒ Hydrophilus pistaceus Laporte de C..., 1840
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) albescens Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) atrocephalus (Reitter, 1872)⇒ Laccobius ytenensis Sharp, 1910
Laccobius atrocephalus atrocephalus
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Laccobius colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) hispanicus Gentili, 1974
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) moraguesi Régimbart, 1898
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) neapolitanus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) obscuratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) simulatrix d´Orchymont, 1932
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius sinuatus binaghii Gentili, 1974
Laccobius sinuatus sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) striatulus Fabricius, 1801
Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) ytenensis Sharp, 1910
Laccobius (Hydroxenus) femoralis Rey, 1885
Laccobius femoralis femoralis Rey, 1885
Laccobius femoralis mulsanti Zaitzev, 1908
Laccobius (Hydroxenus) revelieri (Perris, 1864)⇒ Laccobius revelierei Perris, 1864
Laccobius (Laccobius) albipes Kuwert, 1890
Laccobius (Laccobius) colon Stephens, 1829
Laccobius (Laccobius) minutus C. Linnaeus, 1758
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) algiricus Hansen, 1999
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) alternus Motschulsky, 1855
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) gracilis (Motschulsky, 1855)⇒ Laccobius alternus Motschulsky, 1855
Laccobius gracilis sellae Sharp, 1874
Laccobius fresnedai Gentili & Fi..., 2015
Laccobius mulsanti Zaitzev, 1908
Laccobius revelierei Perris, 1864
Laccobius siculus Gentili & Ro..., 2017
Laccobius simulator d´Orchymont, 1932
Limnohydrobius convexus Brullé, 1835
Limnoxenus niger Gmelin, 1790
Megasternum boletophagum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum obscurum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Pachysternum capense Mulsant, 1844
Paracymus aeneus (Germar, 1824)⇒ Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Paracymus relaxus Rey, 1884
Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856
Pelosoma lafertei Mulsant, 1844
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
Sphaeridium substriatum Faldermann, 1838
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) affinis Motschulsky, 1859
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) californicus LeConte, 1855

Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Italy
SubfamilyGeorissinae
Laporte, 1840
Minute Mud-loving Beetles
1
5
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHelophorinae
Leach, 1815
1
60
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrochinae
Thomson, 1859
1
10
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrophilinae
Latreille, 1802
15
85
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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