AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Hydrophilini Latreille, 1802
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
803
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
51
684
1481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
6
134
404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
1
30
88
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
30
88
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHydrophilinae
Latreille, 1802
14
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeHydrophilini
Latreille, 1802
8
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
8 Genera with 29 Species
Agraphydrus Régimbart, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 19589SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 200211SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiomorpha Blackburn, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1851Water Scavenger Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1835Giant Water Scavenger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Peltochares Régimbart, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Sternolophus Solier, 18432SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
29 Species
Agraphydrus villiersi J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Enochrus (Enochrus) pellax J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Enochrus (Methydrus) furculus J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Enochrus (Methydrus) ituriensis Hebauer, 2001
Enochrus (Methydrus) melinus Hebauer, 2001
Enochrus (Methydrus) meracus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Enochrus (Methydrus) merops J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Enochrus (Methydrus) nigerianus Hebauer, 2002
Enochrus (Methydrus) petersenae J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Enochrus (Methydrus) rutilus J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Helochares balfourbrownei M.Hansen, 1999
Helochares camerunensis Orchymont, 1939
Helochares dimorphus Orchymont, 1939
Helochares dolus Orchymont, 1939
Helochares egregius J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Helochares ivani Hebauer, 1996
Helochares melanophthalmus Mulsant, 1844
Helochares menulus Orchymont, 1943
Helochares perminutus Hebauer, 1996
Helochares rugipennis J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Helochares sublineatus Hebauer, 2002
Hydrobiomorpha occidentalis J.Balfour-Br..., 1939
Hydrobiomorpha zetha J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Hydrochara elliptica Fabricius, 1801
Hydrochara flavipalpis Boheman, 1851
Hydrophilus senegalensis Percheron, 1835
Peltochares longipalpis Murray, 1859
Sternolophus (Sternolophus) solieri Laporte de C..., 1840
Sternolophus angolensis Erichson, 1843

Subnodes of Hydrophilini with occurrences in Nigeria
SubtribeAcidocerina
Zaitzev, 1908
4
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubtribeHydrophilina
Latreille, 1802
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hydrophilini at artfakta.se
Hydrophilini at dyntaxa.se
Hydrophilini at itis.gov