Checklist of Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (Silver Water Beetles)
for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 396
3475
6536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 395
3474
6534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 380
3412
6411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 242
2730
5276 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 63
681
1129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 59
630
1047 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 8
156
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids | 1
13
14 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles | 13
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
13 Genera with 14 Species | Derallus Sharp, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epimetopus Lacordaire, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helobata Bergroth, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helochares Mulsant, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrochus Leach, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophilus Müller, 1837 | Giant Water Scavenger Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notionotus Spangler, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omicrus Sharp, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paracymus Thomson, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelosoma Mulsant, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaenonotum Sharp, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phaenostoma d’Orchymon..., 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tropisternus Solier, 1823 | water scavenger beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
14 Species | Epimetopus ballatoris Perkins, 2012 | | | Hydrophilus ensifer (Brullé, 1837) | ⇒ Hydrophilus ater Gmelin, 1790 | | Notionotus rosalesi Spangler, 1972 | | | Omicrus densus Smetana, 1975 | | | Omicrus laevis Sharp, 1887 | | | Paracymus limbatus Wooldridge, 1973 | | | Pelosoma sordidum Sharp, 1882 | | | Phaenonotum exstriatum Say, 1835 | | | Phaenostoma urichi Scott, 1912 | | | Tropisternus (Pristoternus) apicipalpis Chevrolat, 1834 | | | Tropisternus (Pristoternus) chalybeus Laporte, 1840 | | | Tropisternus (Pristoternus) ovalis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Tropisternus (Strepitornus) collaris Fabricius, 1775 | | | Tropisternus setiger Germar, 1823 | |
Subnodes of Hydrophilidae with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
 | | Hydrophilidae (Latreille 1802) |
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