An annotated list of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) recorded from Taiwan.

Abstract

Based on the study of literature records and recent collections an up-dated check list including 58 species is presented for the island of Taiwan. At least four of the literature records need further confirmation before acceptance. For each species is given original citation, synonyms, literature records from Taiwan, and gross distributions. Locality data is given for the 13 species here reported from Taiwan for the first time. Bidessus gentilis Sharp, 1890, is considered a junior synonym of Pseuduvarus vitticollis (Boheman, 1848) syn. n., here reported from the Oriental Region for the first time. The following genera are recorded from Taiwan for the first time: Allopachria, Pseuduvarus, Leiodytes, Nebrioporus, and Neptosternus.