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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
115
284
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
80
221
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
20
47
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
12
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ascension
3 Families width 27 Species and 1 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles21SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae (Latreille, 1802)Whirligig beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ascension
12 Genera with 27 Species
Aplothorax Waterhouse, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Bembidion Latreille, 187713SpeciesTaxom
Bidessonotus Régimbart, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Calosoma Weber, 1838Caterpillar hunters2SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1866Whirligig Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Harpalus Latreille, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Laemostenus Bonelli, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Lancetes Sharp, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Lymnastis Motschulsky, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Senilites Brinck, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Tachys Dejean, 19721SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension
27 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aplothorax burchelli C.R.Waterhouse, 1843
Aplothorax burchellii G.R.Waterhouse, 1842
Bembidion (Apteromimus) platyderoides Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion (Endosomatium) megalops Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion (Omotaphus) mellissii Wollaston, 1869
Bembidion (Omotaphus) mixtum (Schaum, 1863)⇒ Bembidion obscurellum obscurellum Motschulsky, 1844
Bembidion (Pseudophilochthus) dicksoniae Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion (Pseudophilochthus) evanescens (Wollaston, 1877)⇒ Bembidion litorale Olivier, 1790
Bembidion (Pseudophilochthus) fossor Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion (Pseudophilochthus) nubigena Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion (Pseudophilochthus) trechoides Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion gemmulipenne Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion grayanum Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion rufosuffusum Wollaston, 1877
Bembidion sublimbatum Wollaston, 1877
Bidessonotus involucer (Brinck, 1948)⇒ Liodessus involucer Brinck, 1948
Calosoma (Campalita) chlorostictum Dejean, 1831
Calosoma chlorostictum helenae Hope, 1838
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) curtus (Motschulsky, 1866)⇒ Gyrinus japonicus Sharp, 1873
Harpalus (Harpalus) prosperus Basilewsky, 1972
Harpalus (Harpalus) sanctaehelenae Basilewsky, 1972
Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus Dejean, 1828Bynoe's goby
Lancetes dacunhae Brinck, 1945
Lancetes varius Fabricius, 1775
Liodessus involucer Brinck, 1948
Lymnastis sanctaehelenae Basilewsky, 1972
Senilites tristanicola Brinck, 1948
Tachys (Paratachys) caheni Basilewsky, 1972

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Ascension
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
7
21
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Adephaga at artfakta.se
Adephaga at dyntaxa.se
Adephaga at itis.gov