Oceans Report
List of water beetle species recorded in Britain
2026-11-14 17:17:17 · Cedar Herald Index
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
