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DYTISCIDAE (diving beetles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Species Acilius sulcatus (L., 1758) (a diving beetle)   3 5    
Genus Agabus (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Agabus bipustulatus (L., 1767) (a diving beetle)   2 3    
Species Bidessus minutissimus (Germar, 1824) (a diving beetle)         1
Species Bidessus unistriatus (Schrank, 1781) (a diving beetle)         1
Species Colymbetes fuscus (L., 1758) (a diving beetle)   4      
Genus Dytiscus (a genus of diving beetles) 1 3 7   1
Genus Graphoderus (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Graphoderus zonatus (Hoppe, 1795) (Spangled Diving Beetle)         2
Species Hydroglyphus pusillus (F., 1781) (a diving beetle)     6    
Genus Hydroporus (a genus of diving beetles) 3 4 31 3 1
Genus Hygrotus (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Hygrotus versicolor (Schaller, 1783) (a diving beetle)   4      
Genus Ilybius (a genus of diving beetles) 3        
Species Ilybius ater (Degeer, 1774) (a diving beetle)     2    
Species Ilybius fuliginosus (F., 1792) (a diving beetle)   4 2    
Species Ilybius quadriguttatus (Lacordaire & Boisduval, 1835) (a diving beetle)     18    
Genus Laccophilus (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Laccophilus hyalinus (Degeer, 1774) (a diving beetle)         1
Species Porhydrus lineatus (F., 1775) (a diving beetle)   1      
Genus Potamonectes (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Potamonectes assimilis (Paykull, 1798) (a diving beetle)   3      
Genus Rhantus (a genus of diving beetles) 1        
Species Rhantus exsoletus (Forster, 1771) (a diving beetle)         1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Friday, L.E., 1988 Key to the Adults of British Water Beetles

General Works

Foster, G.N., 2000 A review of the scarce and threatened Coleoptera of Great Britain. Part 3: Aquatic Coleoptera

DYTISCIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
ADEPHAGA
(water and ground beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

DYTISCIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Dytiscidae listed at higher taxonomic level

INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with DYTISCIDAE:

Dytiscidae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
ADEPHAGA
(water and ground beetles)

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