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Checklist for Family Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 (Water pennies)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
146
11745
86825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
125
10691
74394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
24
663
4382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
7
108
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPsephenidae
Lacordaire, 1854
Water pennies, Water penny beetle, Water Penny Beetles
9
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
9 Genera with 18 Species
Afrobrianax Lee, Philips..., 19345SpeciesTaxom
Afroeubria Villiers, 20035SpeciesTaxom
Afropsephenoides Basilewsky, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Ectopria LeConte, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Eubria Germar, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Eubrianax Kiesenwetter, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Mataeopsephus Waterhouse, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Pheneps Darlington, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Psephenus Haldeman, 18442SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
18 Species
Afrobrianax atripennis Pic, 1931
Afrobrianax ferdyi Lee, Philips..., 2003
Afrobrianax invittatus Pic, 1951
Afrobrianax scotti Pic, 1953
Afrobrianax vittaticollis Pic, 1934
Afroeubria bertrandi Villiers, 1961
Afroeubria flavida Villiers, 1961
Afroeubria hygropetrica Villiers, 1961
Afroeubria monodi Villiers, 1961
Afroeubria sebastiani Lee, 2003
Afropsephenoides marlieri Basilewsky, 1959
Afropsephenoides ruthae Jeng & Yang, 2006
Ectopria nervosa Melsheimer, 1844
Eubria palustris Germar, 1818
Eubrianax scotti (Pic, 1953)⇒ Afrobrianax scotti Pic, 1953
Mataeopsephus vietnamensis Lee, Jäch & ..., 2003
Psephenus haldemani G. Horn, 1870
Psephenus herricki Dekay, 1844Echo Cave Beetle

Subnodes of Psephenidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyAfroeubriinae
Lee, Satô, Shepard & Jäch, 2007
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEubrianacinae
Jacobson, 1913
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEubriinae
Lacordaire, 1857
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPsepheninae
Lacordaire, 1854
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPsephenoidinae
Hinton, 1939
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Psephenidae at artfakta.se
Psephenidae at dyntaxa.se
Psephenidae at gbif.org
Psephenidae at irmng.org
Psephenidae at itis.gov