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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Central Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
620
12370
61616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
616
12349
61577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
587
12174
60866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
369
9719
53237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
97
4086
23930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
421
3358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Africa
5 Families width 3358 Species and 663 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles3147SpeciesTaxom
Coptoclavidae Ponomarenko, 1961Extinct family2SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles93SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle114SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860Burrowing water beetle2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Central Africa
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
386
3147
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
3
29
97
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
6
114
Genera
Species

Taxom



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