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Checklist for Superfamily Dryopoidea Hunt & al., 2007
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
74
1983
6237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
1730
5215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
11
75
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
3
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
3 Families width 11 Species
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825Mud beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Elmidae (Curtis, 1830)Drive beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Limnichidae Erichson, 1846Minute marsh loving beetle3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
7 Genera with 11 Species
Augyles Schioedte, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Caenelmis Spangler, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Cyclolimnichus Delève, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Heterocerus Fabricius, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Limnichus Latreille, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Macrelmis Motschulsky, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Potamodytes Grouvelle, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
11 Species
Caenelmis octomeria Spangler, 1996Drone fly
Cyclolimnichus jaechi Hernando & R..., 2000
Heterocerus abyssinicus Mamitza, 1930
Heterocerus elongatus Grouvelle, 1896
Heterocerus incertus Grouvelle, 1896
Heterocerus inciertus Pacheco, 1964
Heterocerus katotuensis Skalický, 2002
Heterocerus ornatus Grouvelle, 1906
Limnichus micraspis Champion, 1923
Limnichus monticola Delève, 1968
Macrelmis aristaea Hinton, 1946

Subnodes of Dryopoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyElmidae
Curtis, 1830
Drive beetles, riffle beetle, Riffle beetles
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHeteroceridae
MacLeay, 1825
Mud beetles, Mud-loving beetles, Variegated mud loving beetles, Variegated mud-loving beetle, Variegated mud-loving beetles
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLimnichidae
Erichson, 1846
minute marsh loving beetle, Minute marsh-loving beetles, Minute mud beetles
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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