List of water beetle species recorded in Britain

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 distinctuss
• 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
• Oulimnius major
• Oulimnius rivularis
• Oulimnius troglodytes
• Oulimnius 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