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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
95
2745
10643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
331
1683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
5 Families width 1683 Species and 132 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles1572SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles70SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle30SpeciesTaxom
Haliplidae Aubé, 1836Crawling Water Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860Burrowing water beetle8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Melanesia
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
285
1572
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
40
78
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
5
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHaliplidae
Aubé, 1836
Crawling Water Beetle, Crawling water beetles, Haliplids
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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