Distributional records and notes on 91 species of North American aquatic Coleoptera (Dytiscidae, Epimetopidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae)

Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Epimetopidae
Gyrinidae
Haliplidae
Hydraenidae
Hydrophilidae
Noteridae
Keywords: Aquatic insects, distribution, diving beetle, faunistics, Nearctic, Neotropics, new record, water beetle

Abstract

Records and notes on the distribution of 91 species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Coleoptera are provided for North America. This includes 56 species of Dytiscidae, 4 species of Epimetopidae, 2 species of Gyrinidae, 3 species of Haliplidae, 1 species of Hydraenidae, 23 species of Hydrophilidae, and 2 species of Noteridae. New country records include Berosus punctatissimus LeConte (Hydrophilidae) in Canada (southwestern British Columbia), Helochares maculicollis Mulsant (Hydrophilidae) in Canada (southern Ontario), Hydrophilus ensifer Brullé (Hydrophilidae) in Belize and Jamaica, Hydrophilus insularis Laporte de Castelnau (Hydrophilidae) in El Salvador and Honduras, and Neoclypeodytes moroni Arce-Pérez and Novelo-Gutiérrez (Dytiscidae) in the United States (southern Texas).

Publication

1210

Published

2026-10-02

How to cite

Pintar MR. 2026. Distributional records and notes on 91 species of North American aquatic Coleoptera (Dytiscidae, Epimetopidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae). Insecta Mundi 1210: 1–31. https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1210.fhl1m