List of water beetle species recorded in Britain

Contents 1 Suborder Adephaga 1.1 Family Gyrinidae 1.2 Family Haliplidae 1.3 Family Noteridae 1.4 Family Paelobiidae 1.5 Family Dytiscidae 2 Suborder Polyphaga 2.1 Infraorder Elateriformia 2.1.1 Superfamily Byrrhoidea 2.1.1.1 Family Elmidae 2.1.1.2 Family Dryopidae 2.1.1.3 Family Limnichidae 2.2 Infraorder Staphyliniformia 2.2.1 Superfamily Hydrophiloidea 2.2.1.1 Family Helophoridae 2.2.1.2 Family Georissidae 2.2.1.3 Family Hydrochidae 2.2.1.4 Family Spercheidae 2.2.1.5 Family Hydrophilidae 2.2.2 Superfamily Staphylinoidea 2.2.2.1 Family Hydraenidae

Suborder Adephaga

Note: the family Carabidae (ground beetles), is also part of this suborder; a list of these is at List of ground beetle (Carabidae) species recorded in Britain.

Family Gyrinidae

• Gyrinus aeratus
• Gyrinus caspius
• Gyrinus distinctus
• Gyrinus marinus
• Gyrinus minutus
• Gyrinus natator
• Gyrinus opacus
• Gyrinus paykulli
• Gyrinus substriatus
• Gyrinus suffriani
• Gyrinus urinator
• Orectochilus villosus — hairy whirligig beetle

Family Haliplidae

• Brychius elevatus
• Peltodytes caesus
• Haliplus confinis
• Haliplus obliquus
• Haliplus varius
• Haliplus lineatocollis
• Haliplus apicalis
• Haliplus fluviatilis
• Haliplus furcatus
• Haliplus heydeni
• Haliplus immaculatus
• Haliplus lineolatus
• Haliplus ruficollis
• Haliplus sibiricus
• Haliplus flavicollis
• Haliplus fulvus
• Haliplus laminatus
• Haliplus mucronatus
• Haliplus variegatus

Family Noteridae

• Noterus clavicornis
• Noterus crassicornis

Family Paelobiidae

• Hygrobia hermanni

Family Dytiscidae

• Agabus arcticus
• Agabus congener
• Agabus sturmii
• Agabus labiatus
• Agabus uliginosus
• Agabus undulatus
• Agabus affinis
• Agabus biguttatus
• Agabus bipustulatus
• Agabus brunneus
• Agabus conspersus
• Agabus didymus
• Agabus guttatus
• Agabus melanarius
• Agabus nebulosus
• Agabus paludosus
• Agabus striolatus
• Agabus unguicularis
• Ilybius aenescens
• Ilybius ater
• Ilybius chalconatus
• Ilybius fenestratus
• Ilybius fuliginosus
• Ilybius guttiger
• Ilybius montanus
• Ilybius quadriguttatus
• Ilybius subaeneus
• Ilybius wasastjernae
• Platambus maculatus
• Colymbetes fuscus
• Rhantus grapii
• Rhantus bistriatus
• Rhantus exsoletus
• Rhantus frontalis
• Rhantus suturalis
• Rhantus suturellus
• Liopterus haemorrhoidalis
• Acilius canaliculatus
• Acilius sulcatus
• Graphoderus bilineatus
• Graphoderus cinereus
• Graphoderus zonatus
• Cybister lateralimarginalis
• Dytiscus circumcinctus
• Dytiscus circumflexus
• Dytiscus dimidiatus
• Dytiscus lapponicus
• Dytiscus marginalis - great diving beetle
• Dytiscus semisulcatus
• Hydaticus continentalis
• Hydaticus seminiger
• Hydaticus transversalis
• Bidessus minutissimus
• Bidessus unistriatus
• Hydroglyphus geminus
• Deronectes latus
• Graptodytes bilineatus
• Graptodytes flavipes
• Graptodytes granularis
• Graptodytes pictus
• Hydroporus angustatus
• Hydroporus discretus
• Hydroporus elongatulus
• Hydroporus erythrocephalus
• Hydroporus ferrugineus
• Hydroporus glabriusculus
• Hydroporus gyllenhalii
• Hydroporus incognitus
• Hydroporus longicornis
• Hydroporus longulus
• Hydroporus marginatus
• Hydroporus melanarius
• Hydroporus memnonius
• Hydroporus morio
• Hydroporus necopinatus
• Hydroporus neglectus
• Hydroporus nigrita
• Hydroporus obscurus
• Hydroporus obsoletus
• Hydroporus palustris
• Hydroporus planus
• Hydroporus pubescens
• Hydroporus rufifrons
• Hydroporus scalesianus
• Hydroporus striola
• Hydroporus tessellatus
• Hydroporus tristis
• Hydroporus umbrosus
• Nebrioporus assimilis
• Nebrioporus depressus
• Nebrioporus elegans
• Nebrioporus canaliculatus
• Oreodytes alpinus
• Oreodytes davisii
• Oreodytes sanmarkii
• Oreodytes septentrionalis
• Porhydrus lineatus
• Scarodytes halensis
• Stictonectes lepidus
• Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus
• Stictotarsus multilineatus
• Suphrodytes dorsalis
• Hydrovatus clypealis
• Hygrotus confluens
• Hygrotus impressopunctatus
• Hygrotus nigrolineatus
• Hygrotus novemlineatus
• Hygrotus parallelogrammus
• Hygrotus decoratus
• Hygrotus inaequalis
• Hygrotus quinquelineatus
• Hygrotus versicolor
• Hyphydrus ovatus
• Laccornis oblongus
• Laccophilus hyalinus
• Laccophilus minutus
• Laccophilus poecilus

Suborder Polyphaga

Infraorder Elateriformia

Superfamily Byrrhoidea

Family Elmidae

• Elmis aenea
• Esolus parallelepipedus
• Limnius volckmari
• Macronychus quadrituberculatus
• Normandia nitens
• Oulimnus major
• Oulimnus rivularis
• Oulimnus troglodytes
• Oulimnus tuberculatus
• Riolus cupreus
• Riolus subviolaceus
• Stenelmis canaliculata

Family Dryopidae

• Pomatinus substriatus
• Dryops anglicanus
• Dryops auriculatus
• Dryops ernesti
• Dryops griseus
• Dryops luridus
• Dryops similaris
• Dryops striatellus
• Dryops nitidulus

Family Limnichidae

• Limnichus pygmaeus

Infraorder Staphyliniformia

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Helophoridae

• Helophorus nubilus
• Helophorus porculus
• Helophorus rufipes
• Helophorus tuberculatus
• Helophorus alternans
• Helophorus aequalis
• Helophorus grandis
• Helophorus arvernicus
• Helophorus brevipalpis
• Helophorus dorsalis
• Helophorus flavipes
• Helophorus fulgidicollis
• Helophorus granularis
• Helophorus griseus
• Helophorus laticollis
• Helophorus longitarsis
• Helophorus minutus
• Helophorus nanus
• Helophorus obscurus
• Helophorus strigifrons

Family Georissidae

• Georissus crenulatus

Family Hydrochidae

• Hydrochus angustatus
• Hydrochus brevis
• Hydrochus crenatus
• Hydrochus elongatus
• Hydrochus ignicollis
• Hydrochus megaphallus
• Hydrochus nitidicollis

Family Spercheidae

• Spercheus emarginatus

Family Hydrophilidae

• Anacaena bipustulata
• Anacaena globulus
• Anacaena limbata
• Anacaena lutescens
• Paracymus aeneus
• Paracymus scutellaris
• Berosus affinis
• Berosus luridus
• Berosus signaticollis
• Berosus fulvus
• Chaetarthria seminulum
• Chaetarthria simillima
• Cymbiodyta marginellus
• Enochrus affinis
• Enochrus bicolor
• Enochrus coarctatus
• Enochrus fuscipennis
• Enochrus halophilus
• Enochrus melanocephalus
• Enochrus nigritus
• Enochrus ochropterus
• Enochrus quadripunctatus
• Enochrus testaceus
• Helochares lividus
• Helochares obscurus
• Helochares punctatus
• Hydrobius fuscipes
• Limnoxenus niger
• Hydrochara caraboides - lesser silver water beetle
• Hydrophilus piceus - great silver water beetle
• Laccobius atratus
• Laccobius bipunctatus
• Laccobius colon
• Laccobius minutus
• Laccobius obscuratus
• Laccobius simulatrix
• Laccobius sinuatus
• Laccobius striatulus
• Laccobius ytenensis
• Coelostoma orbiculare
• Dactylosternum abdominale
• Cercyon alpinus
• Cercyon bifenestratus
• Cercyon convexiusculus
• Cercyon depressus
• Cercyon granarius
• Cercyon haemorrhoidalis
• Cercyon impressus
• Cercyon laminatus
• Cercyon lateralis
• Cercyon littoralis
• Cercyon marinus
• Cercyon melanocephalus
• Cercyon nigriceps
• Cercyon obsoletus
• Cercyon pygmaeus
• Cercyon quisquilius
• Cercyon sternalis
• Cercyon terminatus
• Cercyon tristis
• Cercyon unipunctatus
• Cercyon analis
• Cercyon ustulatus
• Megasternum concinnum
• Cryptopleurum crenatum
• Cryptopleurum minutum
• Cryptopleurum subtile
• Sphaeridium bipustulatum
• Sphaeridium lunatum
• Sphaeridium marginatum
• Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Family Hydraenidae

• Hydraena britteni
• Hydraena flavipes
• Hydraena gracilis
• Hydraena nigrita
• Hydraena palustris
• Hydraena pulchella
• Hydraena pygmaea
• Hydraena riparia
• Hydraena rufipes
• Hydraena testacea
• Limnebius aluta
• Limnebius crinifer
• Limnebius nitidus
• Limnebius papposus
• Limnebius truncatellus
• Enicocerus exsculptus
• Ochthebius auriculatus
• Ochthebius bicolon
• Ochthebius dilatatus
• Ochthebius aeneus
• Ochthebius lejolisii
• Ochthebius minimus
• Ochthebius difficilis
• Ochthebius nanus
• Ochthebius poweri
• Ochthebius punctatus
• Ochthebius lenensis
• Ochthebius marinus
• Ochthebius pusillus
• Ochthebius viridis
• Aulacochthebius exaratus