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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Colombo (Western Province, Sri Lanka)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
89
244
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
89
244
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
81
220
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
64
203
232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
12
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
2
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2 Families width 5 Species
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
4 Genera with 5 Species
Clypeodytes Régimbart, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Lophyra Motschulsky, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
5 Species
Clypeodytes (Clypeodytes) bufo Sharp, 1890
Copelatus tenebrosus Régimbart, 1880
Laccophilus flexuosus Aubé, 1838
Laccophilus parvulus Aubé, 1838Grand Junction camissonia
Lophyra (Lophyra) catena Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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