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Checklist of Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
for Ceará (Northeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
270
787
1072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
270
787
1072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
237
720
979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
124
470
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
29
140
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
2
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ceará
2 Families width 16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ceará
14 Genera with 16 Species
Calosoma Weber, 1792Caterpillar hunters1SpeciesTaxom
Carabus Linnaeus, 1878Ground beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cicindela Linnaeus, 1905Common Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Colpodes W.S.Macleay, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Cretarchistigma Jarzembowski..., 19981SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropus Motschoulsky, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Liotachys Bates, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Megadytes Sharp, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Oxycheilopsis Cassola & We..., 20041SpeciesTaxom
Pericompsus LeConte, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Pheropsophus Solier, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Schizogenius Putzeys, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1834Metallic Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Thermonectus Dejean, 18091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ceará
16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Calosoma (Castrida) alternans Fabricius, 1792
Carabus granulatus leander Kraatz, 1878
Cicindela mastersi plebeia Sloane, 1905
Colpodes phengodes Andrewes, 1947
Cretarchistigma essweini G. Bechly, 1998
Elaphropus reticulatus (Andrewes, 1925)⇒ Elaphropus cordatus Bruneau De Mire, 1966
Liotachys antennatus Bates, 1871
Megadytes (Bifurcitus) lherminieri Guérin-Ménev..., 1829
Megadytes (Megadytes) marginithorax Perty, 1830
Oxycheilopsis cretacicus Cassola & We..., 2004
Pericompsus (Pericompsus) concinnus Laferte, 1841
Pericompsus (Pericompsus) hirsutus Schaum, 1863
Pheropsophus (Pheropsophus) aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1763
Schizogenius (Schizogenius) cearaensis Whitehead, 1972
Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida Klug, 1834Bright Metallic Tiger Beetle
Thermonectus circumscriptus Latreille, 1809Cancellate semele

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Ceará
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
12
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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