Hydaticus vittatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The elytra have two bright golden yellow longitudinal lateral stripes in the basal half.

In males, the aedeagus in lateral view lacks a longitudinal ridge near the ventral margin in the apical third.

[3][4] The posterior margins of the first four segments of hind tarsi are transversely lined with a coarse fringe of flat, adpressed, golden-yellow setae.

[5] Adults are inhabited in rain water pools, muddy buffalo wallows with grassy margins, fish ponds, small streams, puddles on roads, ditches in forests and artificial pools and paddy fields.