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Checklist for Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
and region Pietermaritzburg (Msunduzi)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
192
728
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
159
658
860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
34
144
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
21
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pietermaritzburg
3 Families width 22 Species and 2 Subspecies
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae (Latreille, 1802)Carabid beetles18SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pietermaritzburg
21 Genera with 22 Species
#ACEGHNOPRST
Aulonogyrus Régimbart, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Axinotoma Dejean, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Carabus Linnaeus, 1891Ground beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Cophosomorpha Tschitschérine, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Cylindera Westwood, 1831Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtomoscelis Chaudoir, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Euleptus Klug, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Graphipterus Latreille, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopus Boheman, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Neocoptodera Jeannel, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Orectochilus Dejean, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Orthotrichus Payron, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Paussus L., 18643SpeciesTaxom
Pentaplatarthrus Jeannel, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclivina Kult, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalomelus Boheman, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Siopelus Murray, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Tefflus Leach, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Thyreopterus Dejean, 18311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pietermaritzburg
22 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aulonogyrus (Afrogyrus) flavipes Boheman, 1848
Axinotoma obtuseangula Péringuey, 1896
Carabus promachus promachus Bates, 1891
Copelatus polystrigus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Cophosomorpha pseudocastelli Straneo, 1958
Cylindera (Ifasina) centropunctata Dejean, 1831
Cyrtomoscelis elongata Straneo, 1939
Euleptus caffer Boheman, 1848
Graphipterus lateralis (Boheman, 1848)⇒ Graphipterus atrimedius Chaudoir, 1870
Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sobrinus Aubé, 1838
Hystrichopus tenuicollis Péringuey, 1896
Neocoptodera (Neocoptodera) notata Boheman, 1848
Orectochilus cardiophorus cardiophorus cardiophorus..., 1888
Orthotrichus gracilis Boheman, 1848
Paussus (Katapaussus) rusticus Péringuey, 1885
Paussus (Klugipaussus) klugii Westwood, 1838
Paussus (Shuckardipaussus) curtisii Westwood, 1864
Pentaplatarthrus (Pentaplatarthrus) natalensis Westwood, 1850
Pseudoclivina grandis Dejean, 1826
Rhopalomelus angusticollis Boheman, 1848
Siopelus (Neosiopelus) pediobius Alluaud, 1926
Thyreopterus (Thyreopterus) flavosignatus (Dejean, 1831)⇒ Thyreopterus maculatus Chaudoir, 1837

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Pietermaritzburg
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
17
18
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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