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Checklist for Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 (Histerids)
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
 


List of families for Nigeria
1 Family width 88 Species and 4 Subspecies
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles88SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
30 Genera with 88 Species
#ABCDEHLPRST
Agraphydrus Régimbart, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Allocotocerus Kraatz, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Amphiops Erichson, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 19039SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 193714SpeciesTaxom
Colossochares Girón & Short, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Crephelochares Kuwert, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1907Feather-legged Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 19589SpeciesTaxom
Epimetopus Lacordaire, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Eupotemus Ji & Jäch, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 200211SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobiomorpha Blackburn, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1851Water Scavenger Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1835Giant Water Scavenger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Pachysternum Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paroosternum Scott, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pelocyon Balfour-Browne, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Peltochares Régimbart, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Psalitrus d´Orchymont, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Regimbartia Zaitzev, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Spercheus Kugelann, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Sternolophus Solier, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Toma Hansen, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
88 Species and 4 Subspecies
Agraphydrus villiersi J.Balfour-Br..., 1958
Allocotocerus seriatus Régimbart, 1906
Allocotocerus simplex Régimbart, 1906
Allocotocerus subaeneus Erichson, 1843
Amphiops globus Erichson, 1843
Amphiops senegalensis Laporte, 1840
Berosus crassus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Berosus cribrosus Fairmaire, 1897
Berosus furcatus Boheman, 1851
Berosus gebieni Knisch, 1922
Berosus guilielmi Knisch, 1924
Berosus invisitatus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Berosus neumanni Knisch, 1922
Berosus nigerianus Schödl, 1994
Berosus villosulus Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon (Cercyon) putricola Wollaston, 1867
Cercyon dieganus Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon hova Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon lutulentus Orchymont, 1942
Cercyon sturmii Roth, 1851
Cercyon subtilis Knisch, 1922
Coelostoma aethiopicum Orchymont, 1936
Coelostoma brachaurum Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma dolum J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Coelostoma dolum penedolum Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma ealanum Orchymont, 1941
Coelostoma freudei Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma freyi Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma insidiosum Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma insidiosum nigeriense Mouchamps, 1958
Coelostoma phalacroides Régimbart, 1903
Coelostoma phalacroides rubrocinctum Régimbart, 1906
Coelostoma rufitarse Boheman, 1851
Coelostoma rutarum Orchymont, 1936
Coelostoma zumpti Orchymont, 1937
Colossochares ellipticus Orchymont, 1933
Crephelochares africanus Orchymont, 1937
Crephelochares rutilus Orchymont, 1925
Crephelochares szeli Hebauer, 1992
Cryptopleurum fusciceps Régimbart, 1907
Cryptopleurum suturatum Régimbart, 1907
Dactylosternum scutellare Régimbart, 1907
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
Eupotemus bilobatus FikáÄ�ek, Ma..., 2021
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
Hydrochus nigeriensis M.Hansen, 1998
Hydrophilus senegalensis Percheron, 1835
Laccobius (Hydroxenus) caffer Boheman, 1851
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) minor (Rottenberg, 1874)⇒ Laccobius obscuratus obscuratus Rottenberg, 1874
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) nigerianus Gentili, 1997
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) smetanai Gentili, 1982
Pachysternum capense Mulsant, 1844
Paracymus chalceus Régimbart, 1903
Paroosternum africanum Hebauer, 2006
Pelocyon jeanneli d´Orchymont, 1924
Peltochares longipalpis Murray, 1859
Psalitrus dorchymonti J.Balfour-Br..., 1948
Psalitrus durisi Bameul, 1991
Regimbartia elliptica Régimbart, 1906
Regimbartia nilotica Sharp, 1904
Spercheus gerardi Orchymont, 1929
Spercheus platycephalus MacLeay, 1825
Spercheus platycephalus interruptus Fairmaire, 1892
Sphaeridium caffrum Laporte, 1840
Sphaeridium exile Boheman, 1851
Sphaeridium senegalense Laporte, 1840
Sphaeridium thomsoni Orchymont, 1919
Sternolophus (Sternolophus) solieri Laporte de C..., 1840
Sternolophus angolensis Erichson, 1843
Toma pusilla M.Hansen, 1999

Subnodes of Hydrophiloidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles, water scavenger beetle, Water scavenger beetles, Water scawenger beetles
30
88
Genera
Species

Taxom



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