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

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

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

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