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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
271
1469
2337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
271
1469
2337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
253
1436
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
194
1288
2132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
68
724
1234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
99
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melbourne
5 Families width 184 Species and 4 Subspecies
Dytiscidae (Leach, 1815)Diving beetles49SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles123SpeciesTaxom
Haliplidae Aubé, 1836Crawling Water Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae (C. G. Thomson, 1860)Burrowing water beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melbourne
99 Genera with 184 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRST
Acilius Leach, 1758Small Flat Diving Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Adelotopus Hope, 18567SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 17615SpeciesTaxom
Agonocheila Chaudoir, 18695SpeciesTaxom
Amblystomus Erichson, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Amblytelus Erichson, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Anasis Castelnau, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Anomotarus Chaudoir, 18946SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Aphoenops Bonvouioir, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Apotomus Illiger, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Arthropterus MacLeay, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Australphilus Watts, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Bembidion Latreille, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Brychius Thomson, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Calosoma Weber, 1842Caterpillar hunters1SpeciesTaxom
Carenum Bonelli, 1813
0SpeciesTaxom
Catadromus W.S. Macleay, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Celaenephes Schmidt-Gobel, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Cerabilia Laporte de C..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Cicindela Linnaeus, 1884Common Tiger Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Clivina Latreille, 18667SpeciesTaxom
Colymbetes Clairville, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Coptocarpus Chaudoir, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Cymindis Latreille, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Demetrias Bonelli, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Demetrida White, 18313SpeciesTaxom
Dystrichothorax Blackburn, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscus Linnaeus, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1875Ellipsed-winged Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Epelyx Blackburn, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Eurylychnus Bates, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Euthenarus Bates, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnathaphanus MacLeay, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Graptodytes Seidlitz, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1808Whirligig Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Haliplus Latreille, 18028SpeciesTaxom
Helluo Bonelli, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Homethes Newman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Hyderodes Hope, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hydroporus Clairville, 179810SpeciesTaxom
Hygrotus Stephens, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Hypharpax MacLeay, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Illaphanus MacLeay, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 18284SpeciesTaxom
Laccophilus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Laccopterum MacLeay, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Lacordairia Laporte, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Lancetes Sharp, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Lecanomerus Chaudoir, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Leoglymmius R.T. & J.R. ..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Liodessus Guignot, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Loxodactylus Chaudoir, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Macrogyrus Straneo, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Mecyclothorax Sharp, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Melisodera Westwood, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Microferonia Blackburn, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Microlestodes Baehr, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Moriodema Laporte de C..., 18671SpeciesTaxom
Moriomorpha Laporte de C..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Nebrioporus Régimbart, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Necterosoma MacLeay, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Notagonum Darlington, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Noterus Clairville, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Notiobia Perty, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Notonomus Chaudoir, 184211SpeciesTaxom
Onychohydrus Schaum, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Pasimachus Bonelli, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Percosoma Schaum, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Phaenaulax Tschitschérine, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Philophlaeus Chaudoir, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Phorticosomus Shaum, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Platycoelus Blanchard, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Porhydrus Guignot, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Promecoderus Dejean, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Prosopogmus Chaudoir, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagonica Moore, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Pseudamblytelus Baehr, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Rhytisternus Chaudoir, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Rhyzodiastes Grouvelle, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Sarothrocrepis Chaudoir, 18907SpeciesTaxom
Sarticus Motschulsky, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Simodontus Chaudoir, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Sloaneana Csiki, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphallomorpha Westwood, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Sternhydrus Brinck, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Sternopriscus Sharp, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Suphrodytes Gozis, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Tachys Dejean, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Teraphis Laporte, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Theprisa Moore, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Trechimorphus Jeannel, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Trigonothops MacLeay, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Tropidotrechus Jeannel, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melbourne
184 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Adelotopus dytiscides Newman, 1842
Adelotopus fasciatus Castelnau, 1867Pseudomorphinid Ground Beetle
Adelotopus haemorrhoidalis Erichson, 1842
Adelotopus longiformis Baehr, 1997
Adelotopus macilentus Baehr, 1997
Adelotopus paroensis Castelnau, 1867
Adelotopus rubiginosus Newman, 1856
Agabus (Acatodes) sturmii Gyllenhal, 1808
Agabus (Eriglenus) undulatus Schrank, 1776
Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Agabus (Gaurodytes) nebulosus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Agabus conspersus Marsham, 1802
Agabus (Gaurodytes) uliginosus Linnaeus, 1761
Agonocheila curtula Erichson, 1842
Agonocheila guttata Chaudoir, 1848
Agonocheila mollis Newman, 1842
Agonocheila perplexa Blackburn, 1894
Agonocheila sinuosa Chaudoir, 1869
Amblystomus gagatinus MacLeay, 1871
Amblystomus nigrinus Csiki, 1931
Amblytelus brevis Blackburn, 1892
Amblytelus castaneus Baehr, 2004
Amblytelus meyeri Baehr, 2004
Anasis howittii Castelnau, 1867
Anomotarus (Anomotarus) illawarrae MacLeay, 1873
Anomotarus variegatus obscuripennis Baehr, 2005
Anomotarus (Dromiotes) crudelis Newman, 1840
Anomotarus (Dromiotes) illawarrae W.J.Macleay, 1873
Anomotarus (Lithostrotus) caerulescens Blackburn, 1894
Anomotarus (Nototarus) caerulescens Blackburn, 1894
Antiporus blakeii Clark, 1862
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Aphoenops pluto hydrophilus (A. Gaudin, 1945)⇒ Aphaenops pluto hydrophilus A. Gaudin, 1945
Apotomus australis Castelnau, 1867
Arthropterus westwoodii MacLeay, 1871
Australphilus saltus Watts, 1978
Bembidion (Gondwanabembidion) proprium Blackburn, 1888
Bembidion (Philochthus) guttula (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Bembidion assimile Gyllenhal, 1810
Brychius elevatus Panzer, 1794
Calosoma (Australodrepa) schayeri Erichson, 1842Green Carab Beetle
Catadromus lacordairei Boisduval, 1835Catadromus Carabid Beetle
Celaenephes parallelus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Cerabilia aphela Broun, 1912
Cicindela (Cicindelidia) punctulata Olivier, 1790Backroad Tiger Beetle
Cicindela (Cicindelidia) scabrosa Schaupp, 1884Scabrous Tiger Beetle
Clivina (Semiclivina) dilutipes Putzeys, 1868
Clivina (Semiclivina) heterogena Putzeys, 1866
Clivina (Semiclivina) planiceps Putzeys, 1863
Clivina (Semiclivina) riverinae Sloane, 1896
Clivina (Semiclivina) suturalis Putzeys, 1863
Clivina deplanata (Putzeys, 1866)⇒ Clivina heterogena Putzeys, 1866
Clivina melanopyga (Putzeys, 1866)⇒ Clivina dimidiata Putzeys, 1866
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Coptocarpus australis Dejean, 1831
Demetrias (Demetrias) atricapillus Linnaeus, 1758
Demetrida (Xanthophaea) grandis Chaudoir, 1848
Demetrida (Xanthophaea) suturata Newman, 1842
Demetrida (Xanthophaea) vittata Dejean, 1831
Dystrichothorax bicolor Blackburn, 1892
Dytiscus (Macrodytes) marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acilius sulcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dytiscus hermanni (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hygrobia hermanni Fabricius, 1775
Ellipsoptera hirtilabris LeConte, 1875Moustached Tiger Beetle
Epelyx walkeri Baehr, 2004
Graptodytes pictus Fabricius, 1787
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) marinus Gyllenhal, 1808
Haliplus (Haliplidius) confinis Stephens, 1828Milktree
Haliplus (Haliplinus) heydeni Wehncke, 1875
Haliplus (Haliplinus) immaculatus Gerhardt, 1877
Haliplus (Haliplinus) lineolatus Mannerheim, 1844
Haliplus (Haliplinus) ruficollis De Geer, 1774
Haliplus (Haliplinus) sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860
Haliplus (Liaphlus) flavicollis Sturm, 1834
Haliplus (Neohaliplus) lineatocollis Marsham, 1802
Helluo costatus Bonelli, 1813
Homethes elegans Newman, 1842
Hyderodes schuckardi Hope, 1838
Hydroporus (Hydroporidius) melanarius Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) erythrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) incognitus Sharp, 1869
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) memnonius Nicolai, 1822
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) nigrita Fabricius, 1792
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Hydroporus notatus Sturm, 1835
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) planus Fabricius, 1782
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) pubescens Gyllenhal, 1808
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819)⇒ Nebrioporus canariensis Bedel, 1881
Hydroporus (Hydroporus) tristis (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Laccornellus lugubris Aubé, 1838
Hygrotus (Coelambus) impressopunctatus Schaller, 1783
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) inaequalis Fabricius, 1777
Hygrotus (Hygrotus) versicolor Schaller, 1783
Hypharpax rotundipennis Chaudoir, 1878
Hyphydrus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761
Illaphanus pteridophyticus Giachino, 2005
Ilybius (Ilybius) fenestratus Fabricius, 1781
Ilybius (Ilybius) fuliginosus Fabricius, 1792Mud Dweller
Ilybius chalconatus Panzer, 1796
Ilybius montanus Stephens, 1828
Laccophilus minutus Linnaeus, 1758Diving beetle
Laccopterum loculosum Newman, 1842
Lacordairia proxima Castelnau, 1867
Lancetes lanceolatus Clark, 1863
Lecanomerus bicolor Sloane, 1900
Lecanomerus vestigialis Erichson, 1842
Leoglymmius lignarius Olliff, 1885
Limbodessus compactus Clark, 1862
Loxodactylus carinulatus carinulatus Chaudoir, 1865
Macrogyrus (Australogyrus) oblongus Boisduval, 1835
Mecyclothorax ambiguus Erichson, 1842
Mecyclothorax punctipennis MacLeay, 1871
Megaporus gardnerii Clark, 1862
Megaporus hamatus Clark, 1862
Megaporus howittii Clark, 1862
Melisodera piceipennis Westwood, 1835
Melisodera picipennis (Westwood, 1835)⇒ Melisodera piceipennis Westwood, 1835
Microferonia marginata Castelnau, 1867
Microlestodes (Microlestodes) australiensis Sloane, 1899
Moriodema mcoyei Castelnau, 1867
Moriomorpha macrops Baehr, 2011
Nebrioporus (Nebrioporus) assimilis Paykull, 1798
Necterosoma penicillatum Clark, 1862
Notagonum marginellum Erichson, 1842
Noterus clavicornis (De Geer, 1774)⇒ Noterus crassicornis O.F.Müller, 1776
Notiobia (Anisotarsus) edwardsii Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Acanthoferonia) aeques Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Acanthoferonia) australasiae Dejean, 1828
Notonomus (Conchitella) croesus Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Conchitella) dyscoloides Motschulsky, 1865
Notonomus (Leiradira) aeques Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Leiradira) fergusoni Sloane, 1910
Notonomus (Leiradira) opulentus Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Leiradira) peronii Castelnau, 1867
Notonomus (Leiradira) politulus Chaudoir, 1865
Notonomus (Leiradira) tubericauda Bates, 1878
Notonomus (Notonomus) philippi Newman, 1842
Onychohydrus scutellaris Germar, 1848
Pasimachus (Pasimachus) sublaevis Palisot de B..., 1811Goatee blenny
Percosoma montanum Castelnau, 1867
Phaenaulax nanus Sloane, 1895
Philophlaeus distinguendus Chaudoir, 1869
Philophlaeus eucalypti Germar, 1848
Philophlaeus luculentus Newman, 1842
Phorticosomus felix Schaum, 1863
Platycoelus prolixus Erichson, 1842
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) monostigma Hope, 1841
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) octodecimmaculatus W.S.Macleay, 1825
Platynectes (Platynectes) reticulosus Clark, 1863
Porhydrus lineatus Fabricius, 1775
Promecoderus lucidicollis Castelnau, 1867
Promecoderus pygmaeus Castelnau, 1867
Prosopogmus chalybeipennis Chaudoir, 1843
Prosopogmus yarrensis Sloane, 1915
Pseudagonica nitida Moore, 1960
Pseudagonica nitida nitida Moore, 1960
Pseudamblytelus orbicollis Baehr, 2004
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhytisternus liopleurus Chaudoir, 1865
Rhyzodiastes (Temoana) mirabilis Lea, 1904
Sarothrocrepis benefica Newman, 1842
Sarothrocrepis civica Newman, 1840
Sarothrocrepis corticalis Fabricius, 1801
Sarothrocrepis gravis Blackburn, 1901
Sarothrocrepis humerata Sloane, 1900
Sarothrocrepis obsoleta Blackburn, 1892
Sarothrocrepis suavis Blackburn, 1890
Sarticus (Sarticus) discopunctatus Chaudoir, 1865
Sarticus (Sarticus) esmeraldipennis Castelnau, 1867
Sarticus (Sarticus) obesulus Chaudoir, 1865
Simodontus (Trochoglymmus) clermonti Straneo, 1937
Simodontus (Trochoglymmus) rufipalpis Castelnau, 1867
Sphallomorpha castelnaui Reiche, 1868
Sphallomorpha guttigera Newman, 1842
Sphallomorpha maculigera MacLeay, 1864
Sphallomorpha transversalis Baehr, 1992
Sternhydrus atratus Fabricius, 1801
Sternopriscus meadfootii Clark, 1862
Suphrodytes dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hydroporus dorsalis Fabricius, 1787
Tachys atridermis Sloane, 1921
Teraphis melbournensis Castelnau, 1867
Theprisa montana Castelnau, 1867
Trechimorphus diemenensis Bates, 1878
Trigonothops (Trigonothops) flavofasciata Chaudoir, 1877
Trigonothops (Trigonothops) flavofasciatus Chaudoir, 1877
Trigonothops (Trigonothops) longiplaga Chaudoir, 1877
Trigonothops (Trigonothops) pacifica Erichson, 1842
Trigonothops (Trigonothops) pacificus Erichson, 1842
Tropidotrechus victoriae Blackburn, 1894

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Melbourne
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
68
123
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
27
50
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHaliplidae
Aubé, 1836
Crawling Water Beetle, Crawling water beetles, Haliplids
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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