Checklist of Superfamily Caraboidea Latreille, 1802
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
601
752 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 3
95
157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
| 1
78
136 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 136 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Cape Town
78 Genera with 136 Species
| Abacetodes Straneo, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Abacetus Dejean, 1896 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Acupalpus Latreille, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Agonidium Jeannel, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agonum Bonelli, 1828 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amblystomus Erichson, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anaulacus MacLeay, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anillopsis Jeannel, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthia Weber, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthracus Motschulsky, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Auchmerus Andrewes, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badister Clairville, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Batoscelis Dejean, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bembidion Latreille, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachinus Weber, 1825 | Bombardier Beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Calosoma Weber, 1831 | Caterpillar hunters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camptoscelis Dejean, 1795 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Capabatus Csiki, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcochrous Chaudoir, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chlaenius Bonelli, 1821 | Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cicindela Linnaeus, 1781 | Common Tiger Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clivina Latreille, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cophosomorpha Tschitschérine, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coptoptera Chaudoir, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cothresia Jeannel, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cratognathus Dejean, 1829 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crepidogaster Dana, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplocheila Brullé, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromius Bonelli, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drypta Latreille, 1790 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Duvalius Delarouzee, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dyschirius Bonelli, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dyscolus Dejean, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elaphropus Motschoulsky, 1805 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Geobaenus Dejean, 1829 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gonogenia Chaudoir, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Graphipterus Latreille, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Haplotrachelus Chaudoir, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harpalodiodes Bousquet, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harpalomorphus Péringuey, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Harpalus Latreille, 1806 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hystrichopus Boheman, 1824 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Laemostenus Bonelli, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lebia Latreille, 1896 | colorful foliage ground beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosarcus Péringuey, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lionychus Wissmann, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lonchosternus LaFerté-Séne..., 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophyra Motschulsky, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrocheilus Hope, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mastax Fischer von ..., 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metagonum Jeannel, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metaxymorphus Chaudoir, 1896 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel, 1864 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microschemus Andrewes, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nebria Latreille, 1792 | Gazelle Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notiobia Perty, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notiophilus Dumeril, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogmophora Tschitschérine, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omophron Latreille, 1868 | Round Sand Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydesus Motschoulsky, 1930 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pachyodontus Chaudoir, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parophonus Ganglbauer, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paussus L., 1833 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pentaplatarthrus Jeannel, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheropsophus Solier, 1837 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platychile MacLeay, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonus Dejean, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Reicheia Saulcy, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarites Fabricius, 1821 | Scarites Ground Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Singilis Rambur, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siopelus Murray, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenolophus Dejean, 1896 | Seedcorn Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tachys Dejean, 1846 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tachyura Motschulsky, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teratotarsa Tschitschérine, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragonoderus Dejean, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenitenus Péringuey, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
136 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abacetodes nanniscus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Abacetus (Caricus) chalceus Chaudoir, 1869 | | | Abacetus (Caricus) chalcites Péringuey, 1896 | | | Abacetus (Caricus) minutus Dejean, 1831 | | | Abacetus (Caricus) olivaceus Tschitschérine, 1900 | | | Abacetus (Caricus) perplexus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Acupalpus (Acupalpus) egenus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Acupalpus (Acupalpus) gracilis Boheman, 1848 | | | Acupalpus (Acupalpus) simplex Péringuey, 1896 | | | Agonidium natalense Boheman, 1848 | | | Agonum (Olisares) punctiforme Say, 1823 | | | Agonum (Olisares) rufipes (Dejean, 1828) | ⇒ Agonum fuliginosum Panzer, 1809 | | Amblystomus capensis Motschulsky, 1864 | | | Amblystomus ornatipennis Boheman, 1848 | | | Anaulacus (Aephnidius) capensis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Anillopsis capensis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Anthia (Thermophilum) decemguttata Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Anthracus biplagiatus Boheman, 1858 | | | Auchmerus trachys Andrewes, 1929 | | | Badister (Baudia) promontorii Péringuey, 1896 | | | Batoscelis promontorii Péringuey, 1896 | | | Bembidion (Omotaphus) mixtum (Schaum, 1863) | ⇒ Bembidion obscurellum obscurellum Motschulsky, 1844 | | Brachinus (Brachynidius) obtusus Thunberg, 1784 | | | Brachinus (Metabrachinus) diffusus Chaudoir, 1876 | | | Brachinus (Metabrachinus) promontorii Péringuey, 1888 | | | Brachinus (Neobrachinus) fuscipennis Dejean, 1825 | | | Brachinus (Neobrachinus) subcostatus Dejean, 1825 | | | Calosoma (Campalita) chlorostictum Dejean, 1831 | | | Camptoscelis hottentotta Olivier, 1795 | | | Capabatus raffrayi Péringuey, 1899 | | | Chalcochrous degener Péringuey, 1896 | | | Chalcochrous lenis Germar, 1824 | | | Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) marginicollis Boheman, 1848 | | | Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) tenuicollis Fabricius, 1801 | | | Chlaenius (Ocybatus) reichei LaFerté-Séne..., 1851 | | | Chlaenius (Prochlaeniellus) limbatus (Wiedemann, 1821) | ⇒ Chlaenius circumdatus circumdatus Brullé, 1835 | | Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) quadrimaculatus (Boheman, 1848) | ⇒ Chlaenius dusaultii fulvosignatus Reiche, 1850 | | Chlaenius (Wilmernstus) laetus Fabricius, 1794 | | | Chlaenius dichrous Wiedemann, 1821 | | | Cicindela (Ropaloteres) lurida Fabricius, 1781 | | | Clivina (Clivina) madagascariensis Putzeys, 1846 | | | Cophosomorpha propinqua Péringuey, 1926 | | | Coptoptera capicola Péringuey, 1896 | | | Cothresia tabulae Péringuey, 1899 | | | Cratognathus grandiceps Boheman, 1860 | | | Cratognathus mandibularis Dejaen, 1829 | | | Crepidogaster (Crepidogaster) costata Dejean, 1831 | | | Diplocheila (Isorembus) capensis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Dromius (Dromius) eremnus Andrewes, 1933 | | | Dromius (Klepterus) majorinus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Drypta (Deserida) distincta P.Rossi, 1792 | | | Drypta (Drypta) dentata P.Rossi, 1790 | | | Duvalius paroecus dryops Bokor, 1913 | | | Dyschirius (Eudyschirius) franzi Kult, 1954 | | | Dyschirius (Paradyschirius) dispar Péringuey, 1896 | | | Dyschirius capensis | | | Dyscolus (Dyscolidion) epilissus Bates, 1884 | | | Dyscolus (Dyscolidion) lissomus Bates, 1882 | | | Elaphropus (Elaphropus) nanophyes Andrewes, 1925 | | | Elaphropus (Sphaerotachys) hoemorroidalis Ponza, 1805 | | | Geobaenus ingenuus Perynguey, 1896 | | | Geobaenus lateralis Dejean, 1829 | | | Gonogenia rugosopunctata Thunberg, 1806 | | | Gonogenia tabida Fabricius, 1793 | | | Graphipterus limbatus Castelnau, 1840 | | | Haplotrachelus (Haplotrachelus) subcrenatus Chaudoir, 1855 | | | Harpalodiodes xanthorhaphus Wiedemann, 1825 | | | Harpalomorphus capicola Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalomorphus modestus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalomorphus rufipennis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) fuscipennis Wiedemann, 1825 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) fuscoaeneus Dejean, 1829 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) hybridus Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) miles Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) natalensis Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) parvulus (Dejean, 1829) | ⇒ Harpalus pumilus Sturm, 1818 | | Harpalus (Harpalus) rufomarginatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) subaeneus Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Plectralidus) fulvicornis Thunberg, 1806 | | | Hystrichopus agilis Péringuey, 1892 | | | Hystrichopus atratus Chaudoir, 1850 | | | Hystrichopus badius Wiedemann, 1821 | | | Hystrichopus rufipes Dejean, 1828 | | | Hystrichopus sulcatus Dejean, 1828 | | | Hystrichopus vigilans Sturm, 1824 | | | Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus Dejean, 1828 | Bynoe's goby | | Lebia (Lebia) peregrinator Péringuey, 1896 | | | Lebia (Lebia) promontorii Péringuey, 1908 | | | Lebia (Lebia) speciosa Péringuey, 1896 | | | Leptosarcus porrectus Péringuey, 1892 | | | Lionychus (Paralionychus) cinctus Chaudoir, 1848 | | | Lonchosternus angolensis Erichson, 1843 | | | Lophyra (Lophyra) brevicollis Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Macrocheilus dorsalis Klug, 1834 | | | Mastax albonotata Péringuey, 1885 | | | Mastax extrema Péringuey, 1896 | | | Mesolestes (Mesolestinus) flavosignatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Mesolestes (Paramesolestes) promontorii Péringuey, 1899 | | | Metagonum capicola Péringuey, 1896 | | | Metaxymorphus (Metaxymorphus) affinis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Metaxymorphus (Metaxymorphus) debilis Péringuey, 1899 | | | Metaxymorphus (Metaxymorphus) frenatus Dejean, 1831 | | | Metaxymorphus (Metaxymorphus) stigmatellus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Microlestes capensis Motschulsky, 1864 | | | Microschemus tenuipunctatus LaFerté-Sé..., 1851 | | | Nebria (Eunebria) psammodes P. Rossi, 1792 | | | Notiobia (Diatypus) picina Chaudoir, 1878 | | | Notiophilus parvulus (Waterhouse, 1833) | ⇒ Notiophilus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Ogmophora peringueyi Tschitschérine, 1896 | | | Omophron (Omophron) capicola Chaudoir, 1868 | | | Pachydesus bohemani Jeannel, 1926 | | | Pachydesus parilis Péringuey, 1908 | | | Pachydesus raffrayi Jeannel, 1930 | | | Pachyodontus languidus Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Parophonus (Heterohyparpalus) caffer Boheman, 1848 | | | Paussus (Lineatopaussus) lineatus Thunberg, 1781 | | | Paussus (Paussus) burmeisteri Westwood, 1838 | | | Paussus (Paussus) linnaei Westwood, 1833 | | | Pentaplatarthrus (Pentaplatarthrus) paussoides Westwood, 1833 | | | Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) fastigiatus Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Pheropsophus fastigiatus decipiens Csiki, 1933 | | | Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) halteri (Chaudoir, 1837) | ⇒ Pheropsophus fastigiatus decipiens Csiki, 1933 | | Platychile pallida Fabricius, 1801 | | | Pogonus (Pogonus) lamprus (Wiedemann, 1823) | ⇒ Pogonus andrewesi Lutshnik, 1934 | | Reicheia (Antireicheia) promontorii Péringuey, 1896 | | | Scarites (Scarites) politus (Bonelli, 1813) | ⇒ Scarites fairmairei Banninger, 1933 | | Scarites (Scarites) rugosus Wiedemann, 1821 | | | Singilis (Protosingilis) virgatus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Siopelus (Neosiopelus) pediobius Alluaud, 1926 | | | Stenolophus (Egadroma) capensis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Stenolophus (Egadroma) terminalis Péringuey, 1896 | | | Tachys (Paratachys) fasciatus (Motschulsky, 1851) | ⇒ Tachys oahuensis Blackburn, 1878 | | Tachys (Polyderis) brevicornis Chaudoir, 1846 | | | Teratotarsa schouberti Tschitschérine, 1893 | | | Tetragonoderus (Tetragonoderus) thunbergi Crotch, 1870 | | | Xenitenus lateripictus Motschulsky, 1864 | | | Xenitenus ornatellus Péringuey, 1896 | |
Subnodes of Caraboidea with occurrences in Cape Town
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