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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Melville Island (Tiwi Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
80
219
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
80
219
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
72
191
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
52
145
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
24
63
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
16
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melville Island
4 Families width 17 Species and 1 Subspecies
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860Burrowing water beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae (Latreille, 1802)Whirligig beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melville Island
16 Genera with 17 Species
Austrodytes Watts, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Canthydrus Sharp, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Catascopus Kirby, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Craspedophorus Hope, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Delinius Westwood, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Dineutus MacLeay, 1775whirligig beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Gnathaphanus MacLeay, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocanthus Say, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Neobidessodes Hendrich & B..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Phorticosomus Shaum, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melville Island
17 Species and 1 Subspecies
Austrodytes insularis Watts, 1978
Canthydrus (Canthydrus) bovillae Blackburn, 1890
Catascopus (Catascopus) elegans Weber, 1801
Copelatus (Copelatus) irregularis W.J. Macleay, 1871
Copelatus daemeli Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Craspedophorus insignis Schaum, 1853
Cybister (Cybister) godeffroyi Wehncke, 1876
Delinius microphthalmus Baehr, 2008
Dineutus (Cyclous) australis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Dineutus rufipes Dejean, 1833
Gnathaphanus pulcher Dejean, 1829
Hydrocanthus (Sternocanthus) australasiae Wehncke, 1876
Hydrovatus opacus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hyphydrus lyratus lyratus Swartz, 1808
Neobidessodes mjobergi Zimmermann, 1922
Phorticosomus crassus Sloane, 1915
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) monostigma Hope, 1841
Pseudotetracha australasiae Hope, 1842

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Melville Island
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
2
9
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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