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Checklist of Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		315
2337
4562		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		313
2335
4557		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		297
2273
4403		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		205
1925
3869		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		47
656
1472		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles		4
121
331		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
4 Families width 331 Species and 78 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles313SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860Burrowing water beetle1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Botswana
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
109
313		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
7
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles		5
9		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


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