During a four week stay in the République Populaire du Bénin in 1989 the author collected water beetles at 35 different localities. The 120 species that were collected are listed in this paper. Additional information is given on the present knowledge of the water beetle fauna of Bénin and some data on water beetles collected by others are included. In total 54 species are new to the fauna of Bénin.

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Bernhard J. van Vondel. (2005). Water beetles from Bénin (Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Noteridae,
 Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae, Gyrinidae, Elmidae). Deinsea, 11(1), 119–138.