Traditional keys

Key to orders of South American aquatic insects

 

COLEOPTERA

Key to families of South American aquatic beetles (adults)

Key to families of South American aquatic beetles (larvae)

ADEPHAGA

Dytiscidae (adults)

Key to South American genera

Key to Argentinean genera

Key to species of South American Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1853

Key to genera of the tribe Laccophilini

Key to species of Laccomimus Toledo & Michat, 2015

Dytiscidae (larvae)

Key to larval instars of Dytiscidae

Key to instar III of South American genera

Key to Argentinean genera

Key to subgenera of Megadytes Sharp, 1882

Key to known genera of Bidessini

Key to known species of Limbodessus Guignot, 1939

Key to instar III of the known species of Liodessus Guignot, 1939

Key to instar III of the known species of Paroster Sharp, 1882

Key to instars I and III of the known species of Rhantus Dejean, 1833

Key to species of Juan Fernández archipelago

Haliplidae (adults)

Key to Argentinean species of Haliplus Latreille, 1802

Gyrinidae (adults)

Key to South American genera

Key to Argentinean genera, subgenera and species

Gyrinidae (larvae)

Key to tribes of Gyrininae and genera of Dineutini

Key to South American genera

Key to Argentinean genera and subgenera

Hygrobiidae (larvae)

Key to instar III of the known species of Hygrobiidae

Noteridae (adults)

Key to South American genera

Noteridae (larvae)

Key to South American genera

POLYPHAGA

Hydrophiloidea (adults)

Key to South American families

Key to subfamilies of South American Hydrophilidae

Key to tribes of South American Hydrophilinae

Key to genera of South American Berosini

Key to genera of South American Anacaenini

Key to genera of South American Chaetarthriini

Key to genera of South American Laccobiini

Key to subtribes of South American Hydrophilini

Key to genera of South American Hydrophilina

Key to genera of South American Acidocerina

Key to genera of South American Sphaeridiinae with aquatic representatives

Hydrophiloidea (larvae)

Key to genera of South American Hydrophiloidea

Scirtidae (adults)

Key to Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953

Key to Argentinean species of Ora Clark, 1865

 

HETEROPTERA

Keys to families, genera and subgenera of South American aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera

Key to families and species of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera from Ernesto Tornquist Provincial Park (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Gerridae (adults)

Key to species of Argentinean Metrobates Uhler 1871

Key to known immature stages of Trepobates Uhler 1894

Key to Argentinean, Chilean and Paraguayan species (In: Mazzucconi, S. A. & Bachmann, A. O. (1993) Familia Gerridae (Heteroptera): estudio comparativo de las alas de las especies argentinas, chilenas y uruguayas. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 52(1-4): 87-99).

Key to species of Argentinean Rheumatobates Bergroth 1892 (In: Mazzucconi, S. A. (1999) Rheumatobates (Rheumatobates) minutus flavidus Drake et Harris en la Argentina (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerridae). Neotrópica 45(113-114): 108).

Veliidae (larvae)

Key to known immature stages of Oiovelia Drake & Maldonado Capriles 1952 (In: Mazzucconi, S. A. & Bachmann, A. O. (1997) Notas sobre larvas de heterópteros acuáticos argentinos. Familia Veliidae: Oiovelia. Neotrópica 43(109-110): 57-71).

Corixidae (eggs)

Key to eggs of Argentinean Corixoidea

Notonectidae (adults)

Key to genera and subgenera of Argentinean Notonectidae

Key to species of Martarega White 1879