青藏高原是世界上水生甲虫研究最贫乏、面积最大的区域，对该地区水生甲虫的研究可以为研究青藏高原的隆起与生物进化的关系、保护青藏高原的水资源提供十分重要的基础资料。本项目拟对青藏高原的青海省、西藏自治区全境及四川省西部的高原部分的水甲虫进行全面调查，鉴定国内外博物馆收藏的采于青藏高原的水生甲虫标本，修订已有青藏高原水生甲虫记录中错误的种类。探讨青藏高原水生甲虫特殊的分布格局形成的原因和青藏高原水生甲虫区系起源；研究结果将基本清楚青藏高原水生甲虫的种类和分布格局。最终建立青藏高原水生甲虫数据库。

Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is the area where is completely different from other areas of the world in fauna of water beetles and the component of the fauna is most poorly known up to now. The study on the fauna of water beetles in this area is very important to the study of the relationship between the elevation of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and the biological evolution, and the protection of the water resources of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The project intends to carry out a comprehensive investigation on the fauna of water beetles in Qinghai Province, Xizang Autonomous Region and the western part of Sichuan Province in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, identification water beetle specimens of the domestic and foreign Museums collected in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, revising the wrongly records from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The reasons for the special distribution patterns and the origin of the water beetle fauna in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau will be studied. The results will be clear about the species and distribution pattern of aquatic beetles in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. A database of water beetles in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be finally established.