Checklist of Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 35
458
1067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 32
410
976 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 9
207
664 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids | 2
15
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles | 14
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
14 Genera with 35 Species | Berosus Leach, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cercyon Leach, 1790 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetarthria Stephens, 1797 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymbiodyta Bedel, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enochrus Thomson, 1924 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Georissus Latreille, 1794 | Minute mud-loving beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helochares Mulsant, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Helophorus Fabricius, 1885 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrochara Berthold, 1758 | Water Scavenger Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrochus Leach, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophilus Müller, 1822 | Giant Water Scavenger Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laccobius Erichson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spercheus Kugelann, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeridium Fabricius, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
35 Species and 1 Subspecies | Berosus (Enoplurus) australiae Mulsant & Rey, 1858 | | | Cercyon (Cercyon) convexiusculus Stephens, 1829 | Jumping-bean sapium | | Cercyon (Cercyon) impressus Sturm, 1807 | | | Cercyon (Cercyon) tristis (Illiger, 1801) | ⇒ Cercyon obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808 | | Cercyon (Dicyrtocercyon) ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790) | ⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802 | | Chaetarthria seminulum Herbst, 1797 | | | Cymbiodyta marginella Fabricius, 1792 | | | Enochrus (Enochrus) melanocephalus Olivier, 1792 | | | Enochrus (Lumetus) ochropterus Marsham, 1802 | | | Enochrus (Lumetus) testaceus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) circumductus Régimbart, 1905 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) coarctatus Gredler, 1863 | | | Enochrus (Methydrus) excisus Knisch, 1924 | | | Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus Rossi, 1794 | | | Helochares (Helochares) obscurus O. F. Muller, 1776 | | | Helochares (Helochares) punctatus Sharp, 1869 | | | Helophorus (Empleurus) nubilus Fabricius, 1776 | Wheat Mud Beetle | | Helophorus (Helophorus) aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 | Beetle | | Helophorus (Helophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798 | Dwarf sand verbena | | Helophorus (Kyphohelophorus) tuberculatus Gyllenhal, 1808 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) arvernicus Mulsant, 1846 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) brevipalpis Bedel, 1881 | | | Helophorus brevipalpis brevipalpis | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) flavipes Fbricius, 1792 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) granularis Linnaeus, 1761 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) griseus Herbst, 1793 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) minutus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) nanus Sturm, 1836 | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) redtenbacheri Kuwert, 1885 | | | Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus, 1758 | Lesser silver water beetle | | Hydrochus brevis Herbst, 1793 | | | Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860 | | | Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) aterrimus Eschscholtz, 1822 | | | Laccobius (Laccobius) minutus C. Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Spercheus emarginatus Schaller, 1783 | | | Sphaeridium bipustulatum (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783 |
Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Lesotho
 | | Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802) |
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