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Checklist of Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 (Adephagans)
for Samoa (Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
191
921
1762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
191
921
1762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
187
916
1755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
117
679
1372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
37
307
591
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
31
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Samoa
3 Families width 39 Species and 2 Subspecies
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles33SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae (Leach, 1815)Diving beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Samoa
31 Genera with 39 Species
#
A
B
C
D
E
G
L
M
N
O
P
S
T
V

Agonum Bonelli, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Akephorus LeConte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Amara Bonelli, 1828Seed-Eating Ground Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Bradycellus Erichson, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Bryanites Valentine, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Carabus Linnaeus, 1878Ground beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Celaenephes Schmidt-Gobel, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Chlaenius Bonelli, 1915Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Colpodes W.S.Macleay, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Dinodes Bonet, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Endynomena Chaudoir, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Gnathaphanus MacLeay, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1927Whirligig Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Laemostenus Bonelli, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Lorostema Motschulsky, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Loxocrepis Eschscholtz, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Metacolpodes Jeannel, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Mochtherus Schmidt-Gobel, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Notiophilus Dumeril, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Orectochilus Dejean, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Parena Motschulsky, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Platycaelus Blanchard, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Platycoelus Blanchard, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhanis Rivalier, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Prothyma Hope, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Pteroporus Guignot, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Scaphinotus Dejean, 1839Snail-Eating Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Selenophorus Dejean, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Stenolophus Dejean, 1832Seedcorn Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Tachys Dejean, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Violagonum Darlington, 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Samoa
39 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agonum (Olisares) suturale (Say, 1830)⇒ 
Akephorus obesus LeConte, 1866
Amara (Celia) californica Dejean, 1828
Bryanites graeffii Liebherr, 2017
Bryanites samoaensis Valentine, 1987
Carabus granulatus leander Kraatz, 1878
Celaenephes linearis Walker, 1858
Celaenephes parallelus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Chlaenius (Wilmernstus) flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825
Chlaenius samoensis Csiki, 1915
Colpodes anomalus Andrewes, 1927
Dinodes (Pachydinodes) samoensis Csiki, 1915
Endynomena pradieri Fairmaire, 1849Ground beetle
Gnathaphanus multipunctatus MacLeay, 1888Ground beetle
Gyrinus (Gyrinulus) minutus Fabricius, 1798
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) marinus Gyllenhal, 1808
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) natator (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Gyrinus substriatus Sturm, 1826
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) paykulli Ochs, 1927
Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus Dejean, 1828Bynoe's goby
Lorostema bothriophora Redtenbacher, 1867
Loxocrepis picea Andrewes, 1927
Metacolpodes buxtoni Andrewes, 1927
Metacolpodes hopkinsi Andrewes, 1927
Metacolpodes laetus Erichson, 1834
Mochtherus tetraspilotus W.S.Macleay, 1825Asian ground beetle
Notiophilus sylvaticus Eschscholtz, 1833
Orectochilus villosus villosus O. F. Müller, 1776
Parena politissima Chaudoir In ..., 1883
Platycaelus depressus Blanchard, 1843
Platycoelus depressus Blanchard, 1843
Polyrhanis (Oceanella) vitiensis Blanchard, 1842
Prothyma (Pseudodistypsidera) bidentilabris W. Horn, 1934
Pteroporus subtruncatus (Fairmaire, 1881)⇒ Elytroteinus geophilus Lucas, 1861
Scaphinotus (Brennus) cristatus Harris, 1839
Stenolophus (Egadroma) piceus (Guérin-Ménev..., 1830)⇒ Stenolophus steveni Krynicki, 1832
Stenolophus (Stenolophus) steveni Krynicki, 1832
Tachys (Tachys) quadrillum (Schaum, 1860)⇒ Tachys sexguttatus Fairmaire, 1849
Tachys (Tachys) sexguttatus Fairmaire, 1849
Violagonum piceum Andrewes, 1927

Subnodes of Adephaga with occurrences in Samoa
SuperfamilyCaraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
28
33
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDytiscoidea
Leach, 1815
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGyrinidae
Latreille, 1802
whirligig beetle, Whirligig beetles
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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