Dytiscidae genera

Dytiscus ("little diver" based on Greek δυτικός, "able to dive" and the diminutive suffix -ίσκος) is a Holarctic genus of predaceous diving beetles that usually live in wetlands and ponds. There are 26 species in this genus distributed in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North and Central America. They are predators that can reduce mosquito larvae.

thumb|Cybister lateralimarginalis thumb|Comparison of Cybister and Dytiscus larvae Cybister ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica. As of 2024 there are 98 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus.

Graphoderus is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae native to the Holarctic.

genus of insects

Copelatus is a large genus of small diving beetles. There are some 470 described species in the genus, found worldwide, but they are most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Copelatus are often black or brown in color, many species of Copelatus possessing visible longitudinal furrows down the dorsal side of the wings of both sexes.

Rhantus is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. There are about 100 species distributed worldwide. They often live in pools and marshy habitat types. Several species have colonized oceanic islands and become endemics.

Hygrotus is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. It contains two subgenera (Coelambus and Hygrotus) and about 70 species, including: thumb|H. improssopunctatus

Eretes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa and the Asian region.

Colymbetes is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa.

Platambus is a genus of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Near East and North Africa. It distinguished by a wide epipleuron. The ventral surface has spot markings.

Hydroporus is a genus of water beetles native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Nearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:

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Bidessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Megadytes is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. They are found in slow-moving or static freshwater habitats in the Neotropics. The adult beetles measure about long depending on the exact species and the largest is also the largest in the family (together with certain Dytiscus).

Meladema is a genus of beetles in family Dytiscidae. It contains the following species (among others):

Ilybius is a large genus of predatory aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. 70 species has been described from this genus:

Deronectes is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. It contains the following species:

Rhithrodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. It contains the following species:

Agnoshydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following eight species:

Bidessodes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in the Neotropics.

Graptodytes is a genus of beetles in family Dytiscidae. It contains the following species:

Liodessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Coptotomus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only genus of the subfamily Coptotominae. There are about six described species in Coptotomus, found in North America and the Neotropics.

Anodocheilus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Bidessonotus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

genus of insects

Megaporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae.

genus of beetles in family Dytiscidae

Africophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

thumb | right Lancetes is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only member of the subfamily Lancetinae. There are more than 20 described species in Lancetes, found in Australasia and the Neotropics. One species, Lancetes angusticollis, is found in South Georgia and is the world's most southerly diving beetle.

Liopterus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Hydrovatus is a genus of water beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Aethionectes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.

Amarodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Thermonectus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. This genus is native to the New World, and mainly from warm temperate to tropical in distribution, but one species, T. basillaris occurs as far north as southern Ontario, Canada. They inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats with static water and are often common. They are generally about long and a few species from desert pools in North America have a distinct yellow-spotted pattern on a black background.

Allopachria is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

genus of insects

Africodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Brachyvatus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Oreodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Canthyporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Agabetes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Platynectes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the species of Leuronectes, Agametrus, and the following species:

Limbodessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, first described by Félix Guignot in 1939. It contains the following species:

Tiporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Hemibidessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Uvarus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Yolina is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Neobidessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Allodessus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Barretthydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, first described in 1927 by Arthur Mills Lea. The type species is Barretthydrus geminatus.

Onychohydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. The genus is found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand's North Island. The genus consists of these two species:

Exocelina is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are more than 200 described species in Exocelina, found mainly in Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand. 145 of these species have been described from New Guinea.

Agaporomorphus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae.

Vatellus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Sanfilippodytes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Paroster is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Nebrioporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:

Notaticus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae and the only genus in the tribe Aubehydrini. The genus is distributed in the lowland tropical areas of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia. The genus contains these two species:

Ilybiosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species: