Dytiscus marginalis Linnaeus, 1758
(Great Diving Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle)
GenusDytiscus (a genus of diving beetles)
SubfamilyDYTISCINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyDYTISCIDAE (diving beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle) :
1: Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle)
18 Jun 1978 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
in pond
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lurking on suface of waterImage 3: Two beetles with Sympetrum dragonfly prey

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle)
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