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Checklist of Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
for Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
205
811
1082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
205
811
1082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
202
808
1079
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
143
673
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
43
256
381
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
29
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
3 Families width 45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles36SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae (Latreille, 1802)Whirligig beetle2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
29 Genera with 45 Species
#
A
B
C
G
H
L
M
N
P
R
S

Agonum Bonelli, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Anchomenus Bonelli, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Anthia Weber, 18274SpeciesTaxom
Aphoenops Bonvouioir, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Baeoglossa Chaudoir, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Brachinus Weber, 1758Bombardier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Carabus Linnaeus, 1784Ground beetle7SpeciesTaxom
Cicindela Linnaeus, 0Common Tiger Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Clivina Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Cophosomorpha Tschitschérine, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Cymindis Latreille, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Galerita Fabricius, 1834False Bombardier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Gonogenia Chaudoir, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1821Whirligig Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Harpalus Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Herophydrus Sharp, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Hydropeplus Sharp, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Lophyra Motschulsky, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Microschemus Andrewes, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Nebria Latreille, 1792Gazelle Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Paussus L., 17812SpeciesTaxom
Pentacomia Bates, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Platychile MacLeay, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Scarites Fabricius, 1821Scarites Ground Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Siopelus Murray, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Systolocranius Chaudoir, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agonum (Olisares) rufipes (Dejean, 1828)⇒ Agonum fuliginosum Panzer, 1809
Anchomenus (Anchomenus) dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763
Anthia (Anthia) maxillosa Fabricius, 1781
Anthia (Thermophilum) decemguttata Linnaeus, 1764
Anthia depressa Thunberg, 1806
Anthia rugosa Thunberg, 1827
Aphoenops pluto hydrophilus (A. Gaudin, 1945)⇒ Aphaenops pluto hydrophilus A. Gaudin, 1945
Baeoglossa villosa Thunberg, 1806
Brachinus (Brachinus) crepitans Linnaeus, 1758Bombadier Beetle
Carabus (Archiplectes) obtusus Ganglbauer, 1886
Carabus (Chrysocarabus) strasseri Lauffer, 1905
Carabus corruscans
Carabus fasciatus (Paykull, 1790)⇒ 
Carabus leucopterus
Carabus tabidus (Thunberg, 1784)⇒ Gonogenia tabida Fabricius, 1793
Cicindela (Cicindela) hybrida Linnaeus, 1758Northern dune tiger beetle
Cicindela (Ropaloteres) lurida Fabricius, 1781
Cicindela obliqua
Clivina (Clivina) capensis Kult, 1959
Clivina afra
Cophosomorpha soror Tschitschérine, 1890
Cybister (Cybister) senegalensis Aubé, 1838
Galerita (Galerita) striata Klug, 1834
Gonogenia rugosopunctata Thunberg, 1806
Gonogenia tabida Fabricius, 1793
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) substriatus Sturm, 1826Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus gigas (Forsberg, 1821)⇒ Dineutus grossus grossus angolensis R..., 1958
Harpalus geniculatus
Herophydrus capensis Régimbart, 1895
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) capicola Aubé, 1838
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) galla Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sobrinus Aubé, 1838
Hydropeplus trimaculatus Laporte, 1835
Lophyra (Lophyra) brevicollis Wiedemann, 1823
Microschemus tenuipunctatus LaFerté-Sé..., 1851
Nebria (Eunebria) psammodes P. Rossi, 1792
Paussus (Klugipaussus) cerambyx Wasmann, 1904
Paussus (Lineatopaussus) lineatus Thunberg, 1781
Pentacomia (Mesochila) biguttata Dejean, 1825
Platychile pallida Fabricius, 1801
Rhantus (Rhantus) capensis Aubé, 1838
Scarites (Scarites) politus (Bonelli, 1813)⇒ Scarites fairmairei Banninger, 1933
Scarites (Scarites) rugiceps Wiedemann, 1823
Scarites (Scarites) rugosus Wiedemann, 1821
Siopelus (Neosiopelus) pediobius Alluaud, 1926

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
23
36
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
5
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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