kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Coleoptera >
superfamily: Dytiscoidea >
family: Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 >
subfamily: Laccophilinae Gistel, 1856 >
tribe: Laccophilini Gistel, 1856 >
genus: Laccophilus Leach, 1815 >
Africa