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Checklist for Suborder Alphacoleoptera Engel, Cai, & Tihelka, 2022
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
98
2243
6022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Alphacoleoptera
Engel, Cai, & Tihelka, 2022
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
2 Families width 4 Species
Ademosynidae Ponomarenko, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Permocupedidae (Martynov, 1933)1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 4 Species
Ademosyne Handlirsch, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Afrocupes Geertsema & ..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Chaocoleus Ponomarenko ..., 20141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
4 Species
Ademosyne reducta Riek, 1976
Ademosyne speciosa Riek, 1974
Afrocupes firmae (H. Geertsema, 1996)⇒ Permocupes firmae Geertsema, 1996
Chaocoleus limnebius Ponomarenko ..., 2014

Subnodes of Alphacoleoptera with occurrences in Cape
SuperfamilyPermocupedoidea
Martynov, 1933
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPermosynoidea
Tillyard, 1924
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Alphacoleoptera at itis.gov