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Checklist for Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 (Clambids)
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
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
85
1986
5309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
14
155
382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles
1
7
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
1 Family width 7 Species
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821Marsh Beetle7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
7 Genera with 7 Species
Contacyphon des Gozis, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Cyphon Paykull, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Elodes Latreille, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Nyholmia Klausnitzer, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Sacodes LeConte, 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
7 Species
Contacyphon obscurus Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Contacyphon variabilis Thunberg, 1787
Cyphon obscurellus Klausnitzer, 1976Ashen milkvetch
Elodes maculicollis G. Horn, 1880
Nyholmia confusa Brown, 1930
Prionocyphon discoideus Say, 1825
Sacodes pulchella Guérin-Ménev..., 1843

Subnodes of Scirtoidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyScirtidae
Fleming, 1821
Marsh Beetle, Marsh Beetles
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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