A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Gupta, Devanshu 0000-0001-9188-4689 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India devanshuguptagb4102@gmail.com Author Sonali, Shipra 0009-0000-8416-9046 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 35, Ballygunge Circular Rd., Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019, West Bengal & shipra. aquaticbeetles @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 8416 - 9046 shipra.aquaticbeetles@gmail.com Author Ghosh, Sujit Kumar 0000-0001-9675-9705 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & sujit. coleoptera @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9675 - 9705 sujit.coleoptera@gmail.com Author Das, Priyanka 0000-0003-0129-6838 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & priyankajan 03 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0129 - 6838 priyankajan03@gmail.com Author Jaiswal, Deepa 0000-0002-3835-6892 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & priyankajan 03 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0129 - 6838 deepajzsi@gmail.com Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Former Director, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & kailas 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailas611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-06 5546 1 1 92 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1 journal article 307460 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1 591a1a6e-cc18-4244-8d88-945c61847c45 1175-5334 14387438 DC15F8C2-A0D4-47BB-9024-3416ED560E03 Family Epimetopidae : This family includes 72 species in three genera: Epimetopus Lacordaire (56 species), Eumetopus Balfour-Browne (eight species), and Eupotemus Ji & Jäch (eight species) ( Fikáček et al . 2021 ) ( Table 2 ). Five species of the genus Eumetopus have been reported from India ; most of them were represented only by type material before the studies by Fikáček et al . (2021) . Sharp (1875) contributed two species and Régimbart (1903c) , Champion (1919) , and Skale & Jäch (2003) the remaining species; all have recently been reviewed by Fikáček et al . (2021) . Of the five Indian species , three are reported from the Deccan Peninsula, two from Himalayas, and one each from the Northeast and Semi–Arid regions ( Table 3 ).