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Dytiscidae  Leach, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 111963

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): diving beetles [English]
  
    predaceous diving beetles [English]
  
    ditiques [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro  
                                  SuborderAdephaga Schellenberg, 1806  
                                     FamilyDytiscidae Leach, 1815 – diving beetles, predaceous diving beetles, ditiques  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subfamily Agabinae C. G. Thomson, 1867  
                                        Subfamily Colymbetinae Erichson, 1837  
                                        Subfamily Copelatinae Branden, 1884  
                                        Subfamily Coptotominae Branden, 1885  
                                        Subfamily Cybistrinae Sharp, 1880  
                                        Subfamily Dytiscinae Leach, 1815  
                                        Subfamily Hydrodytinae K. B. Miller, 2001  
                                        Subfamily Hydroporinae Aubé, 1836  
                                        Subfamily Laccophilinae Gistel, 1848  
                                        Subfamily Lancetinae Branden, 1884  
                                        Subfamily Liadytiscinae Prokin and Ren, 2010  
                                        Subfamily Matinae Branden, 1884  
                                        Subfamily Palaeogyrininae Schlechtendal, 1894  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: ditiques[French]   
       
  Source: A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae (2021), database (version 1.I.2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Nilsson A.N. & Hájek J. 2021: A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1.I.2021, 315 pp. URL: http://www.waterbeetles.eu/ Accessed 1 Jul 2021   
  Reference for: Dytiscidae, diving beetles [English]   
       
  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.1, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.1 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Dytiscidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dytiscidae, predaceous diving beetles [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dytiscidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nilsson, Anders N.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3: Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)   
  Page(s): 395   
  Publisher: Apollo Books   
  Publication Place: Stenstrup, Denmark   
  ISBN/ISSN: 87-88757-62-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dytiscidae   
       

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